Journal Article

FZJ-2018-06860

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png GRACILE: a comprehensive climatology of atmospheric gravity wave parameters based on satellite limb soundings

Ern, M. (Corresponding author)FZJ* ; Trinh, Q. T.FZJ* ; Preusse, P.FZJ* ; Gille, J. C. ; Mlynczak, M. G. ; Russell III, J. M. ; Riese, M.FZJ*

2018
Copernics Publications Katlenburg-Lindau

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Please use a persistent id in citations: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/20205  doi:10.5194/essd-10-857-2018

Abstract: Gravity waves are one of the main drivers of atmospheric dynamics. The spatial resolution of most global atmospheric models, however, is too coarse to properly resolve the small scales of gravity waves, which range from tens to a few thousand kilometers horizontally, and from below 1km to tens of kilometers vertically. Gravity wave source processes involve even smaller scales. Therefore, general circulation models (GCMs) and chemistry climate models (CCMs) usually parametrize the effect of gravity waves on the global circulation. These parametrizations are very simplified. For this reason, comparisons with global observations of gravity waves are needed for an improvement of parametrizations and an alleviation of model biases.

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Stratosphäre (IEK-7)

Research Program(s):

1. 244 - Composition and dynamics of the upper troposphere and middle atmosphere (POF3-244) (POF3-244)

Appears in the scientific report 2018

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