Gravity wave influence on the global structure of the diurnal tide in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere

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Aug 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006jgra..11110s10o&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 111, Issue A10, CiteID A10S10

Physics

17

Atmospheric Processes: Tides And Planetary Waves, Atmospheric Processes: Mesospheric Dynamics, Atmospheric Processes: Model Calibration (1846), Atmospheric Processes: Theoretical Modeling

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Observations of the diurnal tide from instruments aboard the Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) explorer and from the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) show that the vertical wavelength of the tide is significantly shorter than what is predicted by tidal theory. The observed vertical structure of the tide can be reproduced in a mechanistic model by including gravity wave interaction. The model tide amplitude and phase are sensitive to the amplitude and phase of the diurnal component of momentum forcing that arises from gravity wave breaking. The phase of the momentum forcing relative to the tide determines whether the tide amplitude is increased or diminished by gravity wave forcing, while the amplitude of the momentum forcing determines how rapidly the tide phase will change with height. The momentum forcing profile is shaped by the structure of the gravity wave source spectrum. By comparing both the model tide amplitude and phase profiles to observations, we can provide constraints on both the gravity wave source spectrum that should be used in a gravity wave parameterization scheme and on the eddy diffusion that acts on the tide. We examine differences between the effects that two gravity wave schemes have on the tide. The role that gravity waves may play in producing tide variability is discussed in light of the results presented here.

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