Case study of stratospheric gravity waves of convective origin over Arctic Scandinavia - VHF radar observations and numerical modelling
International audience Orography is a well-known source of gravity and inertia-gravity waves in the atmosphere. Other sources, such as convection, are also known to be potentially important but the large amplitude of orographic waves over Scandinavia has generally precluded the possibility to study...
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ftmeteofrance:oai:HAL:hal-00961368v1 2023-06-11T04:09:13+02:00 Case study of stratospheric gravity waves of convective origin over Arctic Scandinavia - VHF radar observations and numerical modelling Réchou, Anne Arnault, J. Dalin, P. Kirkwood, S. Laboratoire de l'Atmosphère et des Cyclones (LACy) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France Swedish Institute of Space Physics Kiruna (IRF) 2013 https://hal.science/hal-00961368 https://hal.science/hal-00961368/document https://hal.science/hal-00961368/file/Case_study_stratospheric_gravity_waves_convective_origin.pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-239-2013 en eng HAL CCSD European Geosciences Union info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.5194/angeo-31-239-2013 hal-00961368 https://hal.science/hal-00961368 https://hal.science/hal-00961368/document https://hal.science/hal-00961368/file/Case_study_stratospheric_gravity_waves_convective_origin.pdf doi:10.5194/angeo-31-239-2013 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0992-7689 EISSN: 1432-0576 Annales Geophysicae https://hal.science/hal-00961368 Annales Geophysicae, 2013, 31 (2), pp.239--250. ⟨10.5194/angeo-31-239-2013⟩ [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2013 ftmeteofrance https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-239-2013 2023-05-02T22:51:01Z International audience Orography is a well-known source of gravity and inertia-gravity waves in the atmosphere. Other sources, such as convection, are also known to be potentially important but the large amplitude of orographic waves over Scandinavia has generally precluded the possibility to study such other sources experimentally in this region. In order to better understand the origin of stratospheric gravity waves observed by the VHF radar ESRAD (Esrange MST radar) over Kiruna, in Arctic Sweden (67.88◦N, 21.10◦E), observations have been compared to simulations made using the Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF) with and without the effects of orography and clouds. This case study concerns gravity waves observed from 00:00 UTC on 18 February to 12:00 UTC on 20 February 2007. We focus on the wave signatures in the static stability field and vertical wind deduced from the simulations and from the observations as these are the parameters which are provided by the observations with the best height coverage. As is common at this site, orographic gravity waves were produced over the Scan-dinavian mountains and observed by the radar. However, at the same time, southward propagation of fronts in the Barents Sea created shorteriod waves which propagated into the stratosphere and were transported, embedded in the cyclonic winds, over the radar site. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Barents Sea Kiruna Météo-France: HAL Arctic Barents Sea Kiruna Esrange ENVELOPE(21.117,21.117,67.883,67.883) Annales Geophysicae 31 2 239 250 |
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International audience Orography is a well-known source of gravity and inertia-gravity waves in the atmosphere. Other sources, such as convection, are also known to be potentially important but the large amplitude of orographic waves over Scandinavia has generally precluded the possibility to study such other sources experimentally in this region. In order to better understand the origin of stratospheric gravity waves observed by the VHF radar ESRAD (Esrange MST radar) over Kiruna, in Arctic Sweden (67.88◦N, 21.10◦E), observations have been compared to simulations made using the Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF) with and without the effects of orography and clouds. This case study concerns gravity waves observed from 00:00 UTC on 18 February to 12:00 UTC on 20 February 2007. We focus on the wave signatures in the static stability field and vertical wind deduced from the simulations and from the observations as these are the parameters which are provided by the observations with the best height coverage. As is common at this site, orographic gravity waves were produced over the Scan-dinavian mountains and observed by the radar. However, at the same time, southward propagation of fronts in the Barents Sea created shorteriod waves which propagated into the stratosphere and were transported, embedded in the cyclonic winds, over the radar site. |
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Laboratoire de l'Atmosphère et des Cyclones (LACy) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France Swedish Institute of Space Physics Kiruna (IRF) |
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Case study of stratospheric gravity waves of convective origin over Arctic Scandinavia - VHF radar observations and numerical modelling |
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Case study of stratospheric gravity waves of convective origin over Arctic Scandinavia - VHF radar observations and numerical modelling |
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Case study of stratospheric gravity waves of convective origin over Arctic Scandinavia - VHF radar observations and numerical modelling |
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Case study of stratospheric gravity waves of convective origin over Arctic Scandinavia - VHF radar observations and numerical modelling |
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Case study of stratospheric gravity waves of convective origin over Arctic Scandinavia - VHF radar observations and numerical modelling |
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case study of stratospheric gravity waves of convective origin over arctic scandinavia - vhf radar observations and numerical modelling |
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ISSN: 0992-7689 EISSN: 1432-0576 Annales Geophysicae https://hal.science/hal-00961368 Annales Geophysicae, 2013, 31 (2), pp.239--250. ⟨10.5194/angeo-31-239-2013⟩ |
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