Planetary waves-mean flow interaction in the middle atmosphere - Numerical modelling and lidar observations

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Atmospheric Models, Middle Atmosphere, Optical Radar, Planetary Waves, Wave Interaction, Zonal Flow (Meteorology), Atmospheric Temperature, Computerized Simulation, Spectral Methods, Stratospheric Warming, Temperature Distribution

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Predictions of a semispectral model of the wave one/zonal flow interaction in the middle atmosphere are compared with lidar-observed temperature perturbation data obtained during the 1981-1982 winter from the Haute Provence Observatory. A succession of upper stratospheric warmings and associated mesospheric coolings are found when the amplitude of the stationary wave forcing reaches a critical value. Adding an 18-days travelling wave to this forcing, the upper stratospheric warmings are shown to occur preferentially a few days after the phase coincidence of the travelling and stationary waves. It is noted that the model is too simple to reproduce all of the experimentally observed wavy perturbations.

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