Observed and Modeled Mountain Waves from the Surface to the Mesosphere near the Drake Passage

• Published in: Journal of the atmospheric sciences Vol. 79; no. 4; pp. 909 - 932
• Main Authors: Kruse, Christopher G., Alexander, M. Joan, Hoffmann, Lars, van Niekerk, Annelize, Polichtchouk, Inna, Bacmeister, Julio T., Holt, Laura, Plougonven, Riwal, Šácha, Petr, Wright, Corwin, Sato, Kaoru, Shibuya, Ryosuke, Gisinger, Sonja, Ern, Manfred, Meyer, Catrin I., Stein, Olaf
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston American Meteorological Society 01.04.2022
• Subjects: Amplitudes; Atmosphere; Atmospheric Infrared Sounder; Atmospheric models; Climate models; Direction; Domains; Drag; Fluxes; Fluxing; Global weather; Lee waves; Lower mantle; Mesosphere; Meteorological satellites; Middle atmosphere; Modelling; Momentum; Mountain waves; Mountains; Numerical prediction; Numerical weather forecasting; Radiative transfer; Resolution; Sciences of the Universe; Stratosphere; Temperature; Upper stratosphere; Weather; Weather forecasting; Winds; Zonal winds; Drake Passage
• ISSN: 0022-4928; 1520-0469
• DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-21-0252.1

Four state-of-the-science numerical weather prediction (NWP) models were used to perform mountain wave (MW)-resolving hindcasts over the Drake Passage of a 10-day period in 2010 with numerous observed MW cases. The Integrated Forecast System (IFS) and the Icosahedral Nonhydrostatic (ICON) model were...