Gravity Waves in the Atmosphere
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Meteorology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 October 2020) | Viewed by 48725
Special Issue Editors
Interests: gravity wave dynamics; parameterization; mesoscale convective systems
Interests: gravity waves; orographic flows; turbulence; fluid dynamics
Interests: data assimilation; atmospheric gravity waves; parameterizations
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Gravity waves in the atmosphere have a variety of sources, including topography, moist convection, and jet-frontal systems. The momentum transport by gravity waves is of great importance to the atmospheric circulation, structure and variability, especially in the middle atmosphere. Gravity waves are also closely related to various severe weather phenomena, such as downslope windstorms, orographic precipitation and clear-air turbulence. There are many open questions regarding the fundamental dynamics of gravity waves, namely their genesis, maintenance, propagation and breaking, as well as the interaction of gravity waves with boundary layer processes, larger-scale waves and the mean flow. Moreover, observations of gravity waves at all scales are critical for better constraining gravity wave drag parameterizations implemented in numerical weather prediction and climate models. The estimation of gravity wave parameters from observational information, using inverse or data assimilation techniques, is therefore an urgent need.
We invite you to submit your research for publication in this Special Issue, which aims to improve the understanding of atmospheric gravity waves through a selection of papers. Both original research and review papers are welcome. We encourage contributions to topics including but not limited to:
- Gravity wave dynamics;
- Observations of gravity waves by means of remote sensing and in situ instruments;
- Climate effects of gravity waves;
- Gravity waves and severe weather;
- Parameterization of gravity waves;
- Clear air turbulence generation by gravity waves;
- Data assimilation of gravity waves.
Dr. Xin Xu
Dr. Miguel Teixeira
Dr. Manuel Pulido
Dr. Junhong Wei
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- gravity wave dynamics
- gravity wave observation
- parameterization schemes
- large-scale circulation and climate
- convective systems
- jet streams
- polar vortex
- tropical oscillations
- boundary layer process
- clear air turbulence
- downslope windstorms
- data assimilation
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