Accounting for the three-dimensional nature of mountain waves: Parametrising partial critical-level filtering

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2023

Autores

van Niekerk, A (Autor) Outra; Vosper, SB (Autor) Outra; Teixeira, MAC (Autor) Outra

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Título: QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

Vol. 149

Páginas: 515-536

ISSN: 0035-9009

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ISI Web of Knowledge - 5 Citações

Scopus - 3 Citações

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ID Authenticus: P-010-GB0

DOI: 10.1002/qj.4421

Abstract (EN): <jats:p>Gravity waves generated by mountains are multiscale and three¿dimensional. Current orographic gravity wave drag parametrisation schemes assume that the waves are two¿dimensional, varying only in the vertical and along one horizontal direction. These schemes, therefore, do not represent the process of partial critical¿level filtering, whereby a portion of the wave spectrum is saturated where the winds parallel to the wavevectors become small. This results in an unrealistic vertical distribution of the momentum flux and forcing of the waves on the mean flow. In this paper, a method of accounting for partial critical¿level filtering in an orographic gravity wave drag parametrisation using the full spectrum of realistic topography is presented. This is achieved through binning of the expression for linear hydrostatic surface stresses, computed using Fourier transforms of the subgrid orographic heights within model grid boxes, into wavevector directions. The parametrisation is compared with idealised nonlinear simulations of flow over complex topography and is shown to perform well as the number of wavevector direction bins is increased. Implementation of the scheme into the Met Office Unified Model is tested using short¿range 5¿day forecasts. As is found from idealised simulations, the binned scheme leads to less forcing in the troposphere and increased forcing in the stratosphere within the model. The binned scheme is shown to alleviate biases in the upper stratosphere, between 45 and 65¿km, as well as having significant local effects in the troposphere.</jats:p>

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 22