Parameterization of Strong Stratospheric Inertia Gravity Waves Forced by Poleward-Breaking Rossby Waves
Parameterization of Strong Stratospheric Inertia Gravity Waves Forced by Poleward-Breaking Rossby Waves
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极破罗斯贝波驱动的强平流层惯性重力波的参数化
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2008
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D. Peters
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C. Zülicke;D. Peters
Abstract The link between poleward-breaking Rossby waves and stratospheric inertia–gravity waves is examined. With a visual inspection of Ertel’s potential vorticity maps based on ECMWF analyses it was found that Rossby wave–breaking events occurred over northern Europe in about 40% of the winter days in 1999–2003. The majority of them were breaking poleward downstream. A total of 10 field campaigns were performed in the winters of 1999–2002 at Kuhlungsborn, Germany (54°N, 12°E). They are related to such events and can be considered as representative for poleward-breaking Rossby waves. Inertia–gravity wave properties are diagnosed from radiosonde observations. They appeared to be shallower, slower, and stronger than the climatological mean for the north German lowlands. Hence, Rossby wave–breaking events are linked with strong stratospheric inertia–gravity wave activity. A novel parameterization of inertia–gravity wave generation and propagation is proposed. The stratospheric inertia–gravity wave action i...