Mutual Interference of Local Gravity Wave Forcings in the Stratosphere
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Numerical Model Experiments
2.1. Model Description
2.2. Reference MUAM Run
2.3. Experiment Description
3. Effect on the Circulation
3.1. Hotspot Effects on the Background Circulation
3.2. Hotspot Effects on Distribution of the Geopotential Height and Vorticity
4. Effect on Planetary Wave Activity—Amplitudes and Propagation Conditions
4.1. Impact on the Atmospheric Wave Activity in the Region of the GW Hotspots
4.2. Impact on the SPW 1 Activity in the Middle Atmosphere
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
AO | Atlantic Oscillation |
CMAM | Canadian Middle atmosphere Model |
EA | East Asia |
ENSO | El Nino Southern Oscillation |
EP | Eliassen–Palm |
EUV | Extreme ultra violet |
GCM | Global circulation model |
GPS | Global positioning system |
GW | Gravity wave |
GWD | Gravity wave drag |
GWD | zonal gravity wave drag |
GWD | meridional gravity wave drag |
GWD | heating due to breaking gravity waves |
HI | Himalayas |
L | Linearity factor |
MUAM | Middle and upper atmosphere model |
NAO | North Atlantic Oscillation |
NH | Northern Hemisphere |
OGW | Orographic gravity wave |
PW | Planetary wave |
QBO | Quasi-Biennial Oscillation |
Ref | Reference |
RM | Rocky Mountains |
SH | Southern Hemisphere |
SPW | Stationary planetary wave |
SSW | Sudden stratospheric warming |
Appendix A. Figures
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Samtleben, N.; Kuchař, A.; Šácha, P.; Pišoft, P.; Jacobi, C. Mutual Interference of Local Gravity Wave Forcings in the Stratosphere. Atmosphere 2020, 11, 1249. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11111249
Samtleben N, Kuchař A, Šácha P, Pišoft P, Jacobi C. Mutual Interference of Local Gravity Wave Forcings in the Stratosphere. Atmosphere. 2020; 11(11):1249. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11111249
Chicago/Turabian StyleSamtleben, Nadja, Aleš Kuchař, Petr Šácha, Petr Pišoft, and Christoph Jacobi. 2020. "Mutual Interference of Local Gravity Wave Forcings in the Stratosphere" Atmosphere 11, no. 11: 1249. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11111249