Numerical Modeling and Parameterization of Gravity Wave Processes and Effects in the Atmosphere

Abstract

A numerical modeling effort was started which is now providing high- resolution 2-d simulations of compressible nonlinear gravity wave dynamics using a state-of-the-art pseudo-spectral code. These results are a substantial improvement over previous efforts to address the fundamentals of gravity wave breaking, spectral evolution, and momentum and energy transports in the middle atmosphere.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 11, 1991
Accession Number
ADA244175

Entities

People

  • David C Fritts

Organizations

  • University of Alaska Fairbanks

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Atmospheres
  • Climate Change
  • Ecology
  • Gravity
  • Gravity Waves
  • High Resolution
  • Momentum
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Physics
  • Scientific Research
  • Simulations
  • Transport Ships
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)