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Articles | Volume 25, issue 3
Articles | Volume 25, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-1765-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-1765-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 25, issue 3
Research article
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07 Feb 2025
Research article |  | 07 Feb 2025

Hunting for gravity waves in non-orographic winter storms using 3+ years of regional surface air pressure network and radar observations

Luke R. Allen, Sandra E. Yuter, Matthew A. Miller, and Laura M. Tomkins

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Atmospheric gravity waves (GWs) are air oscillations in which buoyancy is the restoring force, and they may enhance precipitation under certain conditions. We used 3+ seasons of pressure data to identify GWs with wavelengths ≤ 170 km in the Toronto and New York metropolitan areas in the context of snow storms. We found only six GW events during snow storms, suggesting that GWs on those scales are uncommon at the two locations during snow storms and, thus, do not often enhance snowfall.
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