Data · dataset · 2026
Numerical simulation of mountain waves over the Southern Andes. Part II: Momentum fluxes and wave-mean-flow interactions
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A companion paper by Lund et al. employed a compressible model to describe the evolution of mountain waves arising due to increasing flow with time over the southern Andes, their breaking, secondary gravity waves and acoustic waves arising from these dynamics, and their local responses.
Description
This paper describes the mountain wave, secondary gravity wave, and acoustic wave vertical fluxes of horizontal momentum, and the local and large-scale three-dimensional responses to gravity breaking and wave-mean-flow interactions accompanying this event.
Mountain wave and secondary gravity wave momentum fluxes and deposition vary strongly in space and time due to variable large-scale winds and spatially localized mountain wave and secondary gravity wave responses. Mountain wave instabilities accompanying breaking induce strong, local, largely zonal forcing. Secondary gravity waves arising from mountain wave breaking also interact strongly with large-scale winds at altitudes above similar to 80 km.
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Together, these mountain wave and secondary gravity wave interactions reveal systematic gravity wave-mean-flow interactions having implications for both mean and tidal forcing and feedbacks. Acoustic waves likewise achieve large momentum fluxes, but typically imply significant responses only at much higher altitudes.
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Topics
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- Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
- Inferred from text
- Simulation 75%
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