Articles | Volume 16, issue 24
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-15755-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-15755-2016
Research article
 | 
21 Dec 2016
Research article |  | 21 Dec 2016

Influence of the spatial distribution of gravity wave activity on the middle atmospheric dynamics

Petr Šácha, Friederike Lilienthal, Christoph Jacobi, and Petr Pišoft

Related authors

Interannual variability in the gravity wave drag – vertical coupling and possible climate links
Petr Šácha, Jiri Miksovsky, and Petr Pisoft
Earth Syst. Dynam., 9, 647–661, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-647-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-647-2018, 2018
Short summary
Revisiting internal gravity waves analysis using GPS RO density profiles: comparison with temperature profiles and application for wave field stability study
Petr Pisoft, Petr Sacha, Jiri Miksovsky, Peter Huszar, Barbara Scherllin-Pirscher, and Ulrich Foelsche
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 515–527, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-515-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-515-2018, 2018
Short summary
Enhanced internal gravity wave activity and breaking over the northeastern Pacific–eastern Asian region
P. Šácha, A. Kuchař, C. Jacobi, and P. Pišoft
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 13097–13112, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-13097-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-13097-2015, 2015
Short summary
Analysis of internal gravity waves with GPS RO density profiles
P. Šácha, U. Foelsche, and P. Pišoft
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 7, 4123–4132, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-4123-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-4123-2014, 2014
Short summary

Related subject area

Subject: Dynamics | Research Activity: Atmospheric Modelling and Data Analysis | Altitude Range: Stratosphere | Science Focus: Physics (physical properties and processes)
Age of air from in situ trace gas measurements: insights from a new technique
Eric A. Ray, Fred L. Moore, Hella Garny, Eric J. Hintsa, Bradley D. Hall, Geoff S. Dutton, David Nance, James W. Elkins, Steven C. Wofsy, Jasna Pittman, Bruce Daube, Bianca C. Baier, Jianghanyang Li, and Colm Sweeney
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 12425–12445, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-12425-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-12425-2024, 2024
Short summary
Tropospheric links to uncertainty in stratospheric subseasonal predictions
Rachel W.-Y. Wu, Gabriel Chiodo, Inna Polichtchouk, and Daniela I. V. Domeisen
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 12259–12275, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-12259-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-12259-2024, 2024
Short summary
On the estimation of stratospheric age of air from correlations of multiple trace gases
Florian Voet, Felix Plöger, Johannes Laube, Peter Preusse, Paul Konopka, Jens-Uwe Grooß, Jörn Ungermann, Björn-Martin Sinnhuber, Michael Hoepfner, Bernd Funke, Gerald Wetzel, Sören Johansson, Gabriele Stiller, Eric Ray, and Michaela Imelda Hegglin
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2624,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2624, 2024
Short summary
The impact of El Niño–Southern Oscillation on the total column ozone over the Tibetan Plateau
Yang Li, Wuhu Feng, Xin Zhou, Yajuan Li, and Martyn P. Chipperfield
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 8277–8293, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-8277-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-8277-2024, 2024
Short summary
Hemispheric asymmetry in recent stratospheric age of air changes
Kimberlee Dube, Susann Tegtmeier, Felix Ploeger, and Kaley A. Walker
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1736,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1736, 2024
Short summary

Cited articles

Albers, J. R. and Birner, T.: Vortex preconditioning due to planetary and gravity waves prior to sudden stratospheric warmings, J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 4028–4054, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-14-0026.1, 2014.
Alexander, M. J. and Sato, K.: Gravity Wave Dynamics and Climate: An Update from the SPARC Gravity Wave Activity, 2015.
Alexander, S. P. and Shepherd, M. G.: Planetary wave activity in the polar lower stratosphere, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 707–718, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-707-2010, 2010.
Andrews, D. G., Holton, J. R., and Leovy, C. B.: Middle Atmospheric Dynamics, 1987.
Ayarzaguena, B., Langematz, U., and Serrano, E.: Tropospheric forcing of the stratosphere: A comparative study of the two different major stratospheric warmings in 2009 and 2010, J. Geophys. Res, 116, D18114, https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JD015023, 2011.
Download
Short summary
With a mechanistic model for the middle and upper atmosphere we performed sensitivity simulations to study a possible impact of a localized GW breaking hotspot in the eastern Asia–northern Pacific region and also the possible influence of the spatial distribution of gravity wave activity on the middle atmospheric circulation and transport. We show implications for polar vortex stability, in situ PW generation and longitudinal variability and strength of the Brewer–Dobson circulation.
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint