Possible effects of breaking gravity waves on the circulation of the middle atmosphere of Mars

Details Possible effects of breaking gravity waves on the circulation of the middle atmosphere of Mars Possible effects of breaking gravity waves on the circulation of the middle atmosphere of Mars

Feb 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990jgr....95.1401b&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 95, Feb. 10, 1990, p. 1401-1421.

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Atmospheric Circulation, Gravity Waves, Mars Atmosphere, Middle Atmosphere, Zonal Flow (Meteorology), Atmospheric Heating, Atmospheric Models, Satellite Imagery, Mars, Gravity Effects, Waves, Circulation, Atmosphere, Models, Flow, Altitude, Numerical Methods, Simulations, Gravity Waves, Parameters, Heating, Thermal Effects, Seasonal Variations, Transport, Temperature, Spacecraft Observations, Calculations, Polar Regions, Dust Storms

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The possible effect of breaking internal gravity waves on the circulation in the middle atmosphere of Mars was investigated using a quasi-geostrophic delta-plane dynamical model of the zonal-mean flow. The results of model simulations show that breaking gravity waves of intermediate horizontal scales (100-1000 km wavelengths) could act to 'close off' the winter westerly circumpolar jet in the 40-80 km altitude region and induce strong high-latitude warming at these levels, in accordance with recent thermal measurements indicating that Martian winter polar latitudes may be very warm in this middle atmospheric region. It was also found that, below about 40 km, wave breaking does not induce much warming, consistent with available data showing that winter high altitudes are normally very cold at lower levels.

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