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DOI | 10.1029/2019GL083333 |
Sensitivity of Gravity-Wave Momentum Flux to Moisture in the Mei-Yu Front Systems | |
Wang, Yuan; Zhang, Lifeng; Zhang, Yun; Peng, Jun; Yu, Shiwang | |
2019-07-16 | |
发表期刊 | GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
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ISSN | 0094-8276 |
EISSN | 1944-8007 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 46期号:13页码:7800-7809 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Peoples R China |
英文摘要 | The sensitivity of gravity-wave momentum flux in the Mei-Yu front systems to moisture is investigated via idealized simulations with various degrees of initial moisture content. Gravity waves generated in moist experiments result in net northward momentum flux and drag forcing, and the drag is indistinctive in the lower stratosphere near the tropopause but strengthens with height. As moisture content increases, the meridional flux intensifies remarkably in both physical and spectral space and extends to smaller spatiotemporal scales. However, the change of moisture has little effect on the selectivity of the strongest flux to relatively large scales and specific phase speeds. At slow phase speeds, the fanlike waves excited by the front are effectively coupled with the convective waves excited by the prefrontal moist convection, which leads to the weakening of the coupled wave flux. Plain Language Summary Differing from the typical midlatitude polar front, the Mei-Yu front in the East Asian monsoon region is characterized by a weak temperature gradient but strong moisture gradient and persistent precipitation and is strongly affected by moisture and diabatic heating. A previous study showed that gravity waves generated in the Mei-Yu front are distinct from those generated in a traditional dry front due to the moisture and resulting moist convection. In this study, by performing sensitivity experiments, we further investigate the detailed effects of varying moisture content on momentum flux induced by gravity waves in the Mei-Yu front systems. It is found that gravity waves in the systems induce net northward momentum flux and drag forcing. The drag on the background flow is indistinctive in the lower stratosphere but strengthens with height, and the influence of moisture on the drag also increases with height. The increase of moisture in general intensifies the momentum flux, but the strongest flux is still found at relatively large scales and specific phase speeds. The fanlike waves excited by the front are strongly coupled with the convective wave excited by the prefrontal convection at slow phase speeds, which leads to the weakening of local wave flux. |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000476960100082 |
WOS关键词 | TROPICAL CYCLONE ; SUMMER MONSOON ; WIND SHEAR ; PARAMETERIZATION ; STRATOSPHERE ; CONVECTION ; DYNAMICS ; MODELS ; PRECIPITATION ; GENERATION |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/185101 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | Natl Univ Def Technol, Coll Meteorol & Oceanog, Nanjing, Jiangsu, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wang, Yuan,Zhang, Lifeng,Zhang, Yun,et al. Sensitivity of Gravity-Wave Momentum Flux to Moisture in the Mei-Yu Front Systems[J]. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2019,46(13):7800-7809. |
APA | Wang, Yuan,Zhang, Lifeng,Zhang, Yun,Peng, Jun,&Yu, Shiwang.(2019).Sensitivity of Gravity-Wave Momentum Flux to Moisture in the Mei-Yu Front Systems.GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,46(13),7800-7809. |
MLA | Wang, Yuan,et al."Sensitivity of Gravity-Wave Momentum Flux to Moisture in the Mei-Yu Front Systems".GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 46.13(2019):7800-7809. |
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