A study of velocity fluctuation spectra in the troposphere and lower stratosphere using MU radar

Details A study of velocity fluctuation spectra in the troposphere and lower stratosphere using MU radar A study of velocity fluctuation spectra in the troposphere and lower stratosphere using MU radar

Jan 1992

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Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics (ISSN 0021-9169), vol. 54, Jan. 1992, p. 31-48.

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Gravity Waves, Radar Tracking, Stratosphere, Tropospheric Waves, Wind Profiles, Wind Velocity, Atmospheric Models, Digital Simulation, Vertical Motion, Wave Interaction

Scientific paper

An analysis is presented of the vertical wave number and frequency spectra of atmospheric motions in the height ranges between 5 and 25 km observed using the Shigaraki, Japan, MU radar during a 4-day period in January 1988. Frequency spectra of the oblique radial velocity fluctuations can be fitted by a Garrett-Munk gravity wave model spectrum. However, the vertical velocity fluctuations cannot be fitted simultaneously. The observed spectra are too steep and their energy levels are too low compared with the results from model prediction. Also, the vertical profiles of the energy densities of the horizontal velocity fluctuations are found to be positively correlated to the background wind velocity profile. These characteristics of the observed spectra are satisfactorily explained by dynamic instability and wave-wave interactions in the regions below the critical layer through nonlinear numerical simulations. The correlation between the background wind and the horizontal velocity fluctuations is shown to result from wave-shear interaction.

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