On the Characteristic of Multi-time Stage of Atmospheric Motion
论大气运动的多时态特征——适应、发展和准定常演变

A brief review on the characteristic of multi-time stage of atmospheric motion is given. These ideas are developed mainly by Chinese meteorologists. The development of the atmospheric large-scale, meso-scale and small-scale motion and tropical motion consists essentially the three stages, namely the adjustment stage (called geostropic adjustment for large-scale motion), the developing stage and the quasi-steady stage. It is pointed out that the multi-time scale of motion corresponds with the different physical processes in the different dynamical systems including in the air-sea interaction system and in the more complex climate system.