Plain Language Summary Present-day climate models are not able to simulate small-scale phenomena, which are represented by means of simplified descriptions. Among these processes, atmospheric gravity waves are important for the upper atmosphere, as they influence its structure, interacting with the mean flow. These small waves are often associated to convection, but their intermittent nature is not always present in climate models. Here we describe how this property can be included in the representation of gravity waves and which are the effects on the simulated upper atmosphere.
Impact of a Stochastic Nonorographic Gravity Wave Parameterization on the Stratospheric Dynamics of a General Circulation Model
Serva F
Primo
;Cagnazzo C;
2018
Abstract
Plain Language Summary Present-day climate models are not able to simulate small-scale phenomena, which are represented by means of simplified descriptions. Among these processes, atmospheric gravity waves are important for the upper atmosphere, as they influence its structure, interacting with the mean flow. These small waves are often associated to convection, but their intermittent nature is not always present in climate models. Here we describe how this property can be included in the representation of gravity waves and which are the effects on the simulated upper atmosphere.File in questo prodotto:
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