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Recent developments in gravity-wave effects in climate models and the global distribution of gravity-wave momentum flux from observations and models
M.J. Alexander
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M. Geller
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C. Mclandress
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S. Polavarapu
4
P. Preusse
3
F. Sassi
4
K. Sato
5
S. Eckermann
6
M. Ern
7
A. Hertzog
8
Y. Kawatani
9
M. Pulido
3
T. A. Shaw
10
M. Sigmond
3
R. Vincent
11
S. Watanabe
9
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NWRA - NorthWest Research Associates [Boulder] (3380 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO 80301, United States - United States)
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SBU - Stony Brook University [SUNY] (100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794 - United States)
- SUNY - State University of New York (United States)
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Department of Physics [Toronto] ( 60 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A7 - Canada)
- University of Toronto (27 King's College Circle, Toronto M5S 1A1 - Canada)
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Environment and Climate Change Canada (Gatineau, Québec - Canada)
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The University of Tokyo (7 Chome-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8654, Japon - Japan)
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NRL - Naval Research Laboratory (4555 Overlook Ave., SW Washington, DC 20375 - United States)
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Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße, 52428 Jülich - Germany)
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LMD - Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) (LMD ENS 24 Rue Lhomond 75231 Paris Cedex 05 - France)
- UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (4 place Jussieu - 75005 Paris - France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- X - École polytechnique (École polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex - France)
- ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech (École des Ponts ParisTech 6-8 avenue Blaise-Pascal Cité Descartes 77455 Champs-sur-Marne Marne-la-Vallée cedex 2 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR8539 (France)
- Département des Géosciences - ENS Paris (24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France - France)
- ENS Paris - École normale supérieure - Paris (45, Rue d'Ulm - 75230 Paris cedex 05 - France)
- PSL - Université Paris sciences et lettres (60 rue Mazarine 75006 Paris - France)
- ENS Paris - École normale supérieure - Paris (45, Rue d'Ulm - 75230 Paris cedex 05 - France)
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JAMSTEC - Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (2-15, Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan - Japan)
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CAOS - Center for Atmosphere Ocean Science [NYU] (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, 251 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012 - United States)
- CIMS - Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences [New York] (251, Mercier Street, New York, NY 10012 - United States)
- NYU - New York University [New York] (70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012 - United States)
- NYU - NYU System (United States)
- NYU - New York University [New York] (70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012 - United States)
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Physics Department [Adelaide] (Adelaide, South Australia, 5005 Australia - Australia)
- University of Adelaide (Adelaide, South Australia, 5005 Australia - Australia)
Abstract : Recent observational and theoretical studies of the global properties of small-scale atmospheric gravity waves have highlighted the global effects of these waves on the circulation from the surface to the middle atmosphere. The effects of gravity waves on the large-scale circulation have long been treated via parametrizations in both climate and weather-forecasting applications. In these parametrizations, key parameters describe the global distributions of gravity-wave momentum flux, wavelengths and frequencies. Until recently, global observations could not define the required parameters because the waves are small in scale and intermittent in occurrence. Recent satellite and other global datasets with improved resolution, along with innovative analysis methods, are now providing constraints for the parametrizations that can improve the treatment of these waves in climate-prediction models. Research using very-high-resolution global models has also recently demonstrated the capability to resolve gravity waves and their circulation effects, and when tested against observations these models show some very realistic properties. Here we review recent studies on gravity-wave effects in stratosphere-resolving climate models, recent observations and analysis methods that reveal global patterns in gravity-wave momentum fluxes and results of very-high-resolution model studies, and we outline some future research requirements to improve the treatment of these waves in climate simulations. Copyright © 2010 Royal Meteorological Society and Crown in the right of Canada
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- HAL Id : hal-01139718, version 1
- DOI : 10.1002/qj.637
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M.J. Alexander, M. Geller, C. Mclandress, S. Polavarapu, P. Preusse, et al.. Recent developments in gravity-wave effects in climate models and the global distribution of gravity-wave momentum flux from observations and models. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Wiley, 2010, 136 (650), pp.1103-1124. ⟨10.1002/qj.637⟩. ⟨hal-01139718⟩
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