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Decay times of atmospheric acoustic–gravity waves after deactivation of wave forcing
Nikolai M. Gavrilov
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Atmospheric Physics Department, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia
Sergey P. Kshevetskii
Atmospheric Physics Department, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia
Physics Department, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, 236016, Russia
Andrey V. Koval
Atmospheric Physics Department, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia
Meteorological Forecast Department, Russian State Hydrometeorological University, Saint Petersburg, 192007, Russia
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We make high-resolution simulations of poorly understood decays of nonlinear atmospheric acoustic–gravity waves (AGWs) after deactivations of the wave forcing. The standard deviations of AGW perturbations, after fast dispersions of traveling modes, experience slower exponential decreases. AGW decay times are estimated for the first time and are 20–100 h in the stratosphere and mesosphere. This requires slow, quasi-standing and secondary modes in parameterizations of AGW impacts to be considered.
We make high-resolution simulations of poorly understood decays of nonlinear atmospheric...
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