Abstract
The effects of latent heat release on the dynamics of mountain lee waves are examined with the aid of two-dimensional numerical simulations, for several situations in which the Scorer parameter has a nearly two-layer vertical structure. Changes in the moisture in the lowest layer are found to produce three fundamentally different behaviors: 1) resonant waves in an absolutely stable environment are distorted and untrapped by an increase in moisture; 2) resonant waves in a conditionally unstable layer are destroyed by an increase in moisture; and 3) resonant waves in a moist environment are detuned by a decrease in moisture. Changes in the humidity in the upper layer are found to amplify or damp the wave response, depending on the depth of the lower layer. In most situations, the wave response is significantly more complicated than that predicted by simply replacing the dry stability with an equivalent moist stability in the saturated layer.
Keywords
MoistureAtmospheric sciencesHeat waveLayer (electronics)Stability (learning theory)HumidityEnvironmental scienceMechanicsMeteorologyMaterials sciencePhysicsGeologyClimate changeComposite material
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- 1982
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- 39
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- 11
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- 2490-2506
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- 116
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Dale R. Durran,
Joseph B. Klemp
(1982).
The Effects of Moisture on Trapped Mountain Lee Waves.
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
, 39
(11)
, 2490-2506.
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1982)039<2490:teomot>2.0.co;2
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- 10.1175/1520-0469(1982)039<2490:teomot>2.0.co;2