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@ARTICLE{Heale:873990,
author = {Heale, C. J. and Bossert, K. and Vadas, S. L. and Hoffmann,
L. and Dörnbrack, A. and Stober, G. and Snively, J. B. and
Jacobi, C.},
title = {{S}econdary {G}ravity {W}aves {G}enerated by {B}reaking
{M}ountain {W}aves over {E}urope},
journal = {Journal of geophysical research / D Atmospheres D},
volume = {125},
number = {5},
issn = {2169-897X},
address = {Hoboken, NJ},
publisher = {Wiley},
reportid = {FZJ-2020-01152},
pages = {e2019JD031662 -},
year = {2020},
abstract = {A strong mountain wave, observed over Central Europe on the
12th Jan 2016, is simulated in 2D under 2 fixed background
wind conditions representing opposite tidal phases. The aim
of the simulation is to investigate the breaking of the
mountain wave and subsequent generation of non‐primary
waves in the upper atmosphere. The model results show that
the mountain wave first breaks as it approaches a
mesospheric critical level creating turbulence on horizontal
scales of 8‐30km. These turbulence scales couple directly
to horizontal secondary waves scales, but those scales are
prevented from reaching the thermosphere by the tidal winds
which act like a filter. Initial secondary waves which can
reach the thermosphere range from 60‐120km in horizontal
scale and are influenced by the scales of the horizontal and
vertical forcing associated with wave breaking at mountain
wave zonal phase width, and horizontal wavelength scales.
Large scale non‐primary waves dominate over the whole
duration of the simulation with horizontal scales of
107‐300km and periods of 11‐22 minutes. The thermosphere
winds heavily influence the time‐averaged spatial
distribution of wave forcing in the thermosphere, which
peaks at 150km altitude and occurs both westward and
eastward of the source in the 2 UT background simulation and
primarily eastward of the source in the 7 UT background
simulation. The forcing amplitude is ~2x that of the primary
mountain wave breaking and dissipation. This suggests that
non‐primary waves play a significant role in gravity waves
dynamics and improved understanding of the thermospheric
winds is crucial to understanding their forcing
distribution.},
cin = {JSC},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JSC-20090406},
pnm = {511 - Computational Science and Mathematical Methods
(POF3-511)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-511},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000519602000005},
doi = {10.1029/2019JD031662},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/873990},
}