Conference proceedings ; Online: A survey of Mixed Rossby-gravity waves and quantification of their association with extratropical disturbances
XXVIII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
2023
Abstract: In this study we have conducted a survey of Mixed Rossby-Gravity (MRG) wave events in the upper troposphere and quantified their association with intrusions of extratropical disturbances from 1979-2019. MRG events are identified by projecting equatorial ...
Abstract | >In this study we have conducted a survey of Mixed Rossby-Gravity (MRG) wave events in the upper troposphere and quantified their association with intrusions of extratropical disturbances from 1979-2019. MRG events are identified by projecting equatorial meridional winds at 200 hPa onto the meridional structure of theoretical MRG waves. 2390 MRG events are identified and majority (61%) of them occurred during May-October months, and 65% of the activity occurred over the central-east Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. Not only frequency of occurrence but also amplitude, wavenumber and trapping scale of MRG events are found to exhibit a clear seasonality. MRG events associated with intrusions of extratropical disturbances are identified when potential vorticity on 350K isentropic surface at 15° latitude exceeds 1 PVU in vicinity of MRG events. We find that 37% of MRG events are intrusion MRG events and majority (88%) of such events occurred over central-east Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. It is also noteworthy that nearly 70% of such intrusions occurred in the winter Hemisphere where the westerly wind ducts are well developed. Over central-east Pacific during Northern Hemispheric (NH) winter, it is observed that amplitude of intrusion MRG events are larger and have larger meridional extent compared to non-intrusion MRG events. They also exhibit similar spatial scale as extratropical disturbances implying that resonant interactions may be a primary mechanism for genesis of MRG events. During NH summer, on the other hand, MRG events are primarily triggered by convective processes and extratropical disturbances may be instrumental in amplifying their amplitude. |
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Subject code | 551 |
Language | English |
Publishing country | de |
Document type | Conference proceedings ; Online |
Database | BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection) |
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