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@ARTICLE{Ern:151832,
author = {Ern, Manfred and Ploeger, Felix and Preusse, Peter and
Gille, J. C. and Gray, L. J. and Kalisch, Silvio and
Mlynczak, M. G. and Russell, J. M. and Riese, Martin},
title = {{I}nteraction of gravity waves with the {QBO}: {A}
satellite perspective},
journal = {Journal of geophysical research / Atmospheres},
volume = {119},
number = {5},
issn = {0148-0227},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {Union},
reportid = {FZJ-2014-01702},
pages = {1-27},
year = {2014},
note = {Eingabe durch ZB-Staff im Rahmen einer
Publikationsgebühren Zahlung},
abstract = {One of the most important dynamical processes in the
tropical stratosphere is the quasi-biennial oscillation
(QBO) of the zonal wind. Still, the QBO is not well
represented in weather and climate models. To improve the
representation of the QBO in the models, a better
understanding of the driving of the QBO by atmospheric waves
is required. In particular, the contribution of gravity
waves is highly uncertain because of the small horizontal
scales involved, and there is still no direct estimation
based on global observations. We derive gravity wave
momentum fluxes from temperature observations of the
satellite instruments HIRDLS and SABER. Momentum flux
spectra observed show that particularly gravity waves with
intrinsic phase speeds <30m/s (vertical wavelengths <10km)
interact with the QBO. Gravity wave drag is estimated from
vertical gradients of observed momentum fluxes and compared
to the missing drag in the tropical momentum budget of
ERA-Interim. We find reasonably good agreement between their
variations with time and in their approximate magnitudes.
Absolute values of observed and ERA-Interim missing drag are
about equal during QBO eastward wind shear. During westward
wind shear, however, observations are about 2 times lower
than ERA-Interim missing drag. This could hint at
uncertainties in the advection terms in ERA-Interim. The
strong intermittency of gravity waves we find in the tropics
might play an important role for the formation of the QBO
and may have important implications for the parameterization
of gravity waves in global models.},
cin = {IEK-7},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-7-20101013},
pnm = {234 - Composition and Dynamics of the Upper Troposphere and
Stratosphere (POF2-234)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF2-234},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000333885700021},
doi = {10.1002/2013JD020731},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/151832},
}