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@ARTICLE{Eichinger:1016801,
author = {Eichinger, Roland and Rhode, Sebastian and Garny, Hella and
Preusse, Peter and Pisoft, Petr and Kuchař, Aleš and
Jöckel, Patrick and Kerkweg, Astrid and Kern, Bastian},
title = {{E}mulating lateral gravity wave propagation in a global
chemistry–climate model ({EMAC} v2.55.2) through
horizontal flux redistribution},
journal = {Geoscientific model development},
volume = {16},
number = {19},
issn = {1991-959X},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {Copernicus},
reportid = {FZJ-2023-03785},
pages = {5561 - 5583},
year = {2023},
abstract = {The columnar approach of gravity wave (GW)
parameterisations in weather and climate models has been
identified as a potential reason for dynamical biases in
middle-atmospheric dynamics. For example, GW momentum flux
(GWMF) discrepancies between models and observations at
60∘ S arising through the lack of horizontal orographic
GW propagation are suspected to cause deficiencies in
representing the Antarctic polar vortex. However, due to the
decomposition of the model domains onto different computing
tasks for parallelisation, communication between horizontal
grid boxes is computationally extremely expensive, making
horizontal propagation of GWs unfeasible for global
chemistry–climate simulations.To overcome this issue, we
present a simplified solution to approximate horizontal GW
propagation through redistribution of the GWMF at one single
altitude by means of tailor-made redistribution maps. To
generate the global redistribution maps averaged for each
grid box, we use a parameterisation describing orography as
a set of mountain ridges with specified location,
orientation and height combined with a ray-tracing model
describing lateral propagation of so-generated mountain
waves. In the global chemistry–climate model (CCM) EMAC
(ECHAM MESSy Atmospheric Chemistry), these maps then allow
us to redistribute the GW momentum flux horizontally at one
level, obtaining an affordable overhead of computing
resources. The results of our simulations show GWMF and drag
patterns that are horizontally more spread out than with the
purely columnar approach; GWs are now also present above the
ocean and regions without mountains. In this paper, we
provide a detailed description of how the redistribution
maps are computed and how the GWMF redistribution is
implemented in the CCM. Moreover, an analysis shows why
15 km is the ideal altitude for the redistribution. First
results with the redistributed orographic GWMF provide clear
evidence that the redistributed GW drag in the Southern
Hemisphere has the potential to modify and improve Antarctic
polar vortex dynamics, thereby paving the way for enhanced
credibility of CCM simulations and projections of polar
stratospheric ozone.},
cin = {IEK-8 / IEK-7},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-8-20101013 / I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-7-20101013},
pnm = {2111 - Air Quality (POF4-211) / 2112 - Climate Feedbacks
(POF4-211)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2111 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2112},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:001161827800001},
doi = {10.5194/gmd-16-5561-2023},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1016801},
}