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dc.contributor.authorPolichtchouk, Inna
dc.contributor.authorScott, Richard K.
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-19T00:35:59Z
dc.date.available2021-02-19T00:35:59Z
dc.date.issued2020-02-19
dc.identifier.citationPolichtchouk , I & Scott , R K 2020 , ' Spontaneous inertia-gravity wave emission from a nonlinear critical layer in the stratosphere ' , Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society , vol. Early View . https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3750en
dc.identifier.issn0035-9009
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 266204386
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: b307f62b-d5d2-436f-b621-38fee8cce247
dc.identifier.otherRIS: urn:FEA5A66120B3D01807DC1956026CF9B2
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-5624-5128/work/70618970
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85079893995
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000514238300001
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/21454
dc.description.abstractUsing a nonlinear global primitive equation model, spontaneous inertia‐gravity wave (IGW) emission is investigated in an idealized representation of the stratospheric polar night. It is shown that IGWs are spontaneously emitted in the interior of the fluid in a jet exit region that develops around a nonlinear Rossby wave critical layer. Two key ingredients for the generation are identified: the presence of a Rossby wave guide on the polar night jet; and a zero wind line on the jet flank that gives rise to nonlinear Rossby wave breaking and strong distortion of the flow. The emission of IGWs appears here as a quasi‐steady process that begins at a well‐defined time when the flow deformation becomes large enough. Part of the emitted IGWs undergoes wave capture by the cat's‐eye flow in a Rossby wave critical layer. Another part – in the form of a well‐defined IGW packet – escapes the wave capture limit, and propagates away into the far field. The propagating wave packet is numerically well‐converged to increases in both vertical and horizontal resolution and thus provides an ideal test bed for understanding IGW emission and informing non‐orographic gravity wave drag parametrization design.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofQuarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Societyen
dc.rightsCopyright © 2020 Royal Meteorological Society. This work has been made available online in accordance with publisher policies or with permission. Permission for further reuse of this content should be sought from the publisher or the rights holder. This is the author created accepted manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3750en
dc.subjectIdealized numerical studyen
dc.subjectInertia-gravity wavesen
dc.subjectPrimitive equationsen
dc.subjectSpontaneous emissionen
dc.subjectStratosphereen
dc.subjectGE Environmental Sciencesen
dc.subjectQA Mathematicsen
dc.subjectT-NDASen
dc.subject.lccGEen
dc.subject.lccQAen
dc.titleSpontaneous inertia-gravity wave emission from a nonlinear critical layer in the stratosphereen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.description.versionPostprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Applied Mathematicsen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3750
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2021-02-19


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