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Trapping of Low-Level Internal Gravity Waves
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In this article, the characteristics of internal gravity waves propagating on a layer of high stratification near the ground with a deeper, weakly stratified layer above are examined with the aid of a nonhydrostatic numerical model.Abstract:
The characteristics of internal gravity waves propagating on a layer of high stratification near the ground with a deeper, weakly stratified layer above are examined with the aid of a nonhydrostatic numerical model. Simulations are performed of a density current propagating into an environment with a typically observed thermodynamic structure and with no shear. These simulations indicate that the amplitude of the disturbance that forms ahead of the density current is limited considerably by the upward propagation of energy in the upper layer. To explain the large amplitude of observed gravity waves there must exist some additional mechanism, besides the weak stratification in the upper layer, to trap energy at low levels. A thorough examination of several observed gravity wave events suggested three commonly occurring mechanisms. The first mechanism, explored in a previous paper, occurs when winds in the upper layer oppose the wave motion. This reduces the Scorer parameter l2 = N2/(U − c)2 − U″/(...read more
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