R. Huth, THE BEHAVIOR OF THE MEAN ENERGETIC LEVEL IN TIME AND SPACE - PERSISTENCE, AUTOCORRELATIONS, LINKS TO STANDARD LEVELS, Studia geophysica et geodaetica, 39(4), 1995, pp. 449-465
The variances, persistence, and spatial autocorrelations of the basic
quantities at the mean energetic level (MEL) as well as tire links bet
ween the MEL and standard isobaric levels are investigated. The statis
tics obtained for tire MEL are compared with those for height and temp
erature at tire 500 and 300 hPa levels. The behaviour of most quantiti
es at the MEL does trot show any peculiarity making it substantially d
ifferent from isobaric levels. The only quantity at the MEL, not close
ly correlated with any variable at adjacent standard levels, appeared
to be the pressure.