PPT-Gravity Wave Breaking in the Atmosphere

Thomas Lund NorthWest Research Associates Boulder CO Boulder Fluids Seminar 14 October 2014 Outline Introduction What are gravity waves How are they similardissimilar to surface waves. 2 04 06 Nm Time UTC 123 4 m 123 4 Figure 2 Breaking scale 05 01 02 brk c 1 05 01 02 03 brk c 2 05 01 02 03 brk c 3 05 01 02 03 brk c 4 Figure 3 brPage 6br EZ EZ v 05 10 87226 10 87225 10 87224 10 87223 cc c m 87222 s Figure 4 Total breaking rate ZZ b D. Vandemark, H. . Feng. Univ. of New Hampshire/EOS. N. . Reul. , F. . . Ardhuin. , B. . Chapron. . IFREMER/Centre de Brest. within . Aq. Cal/Val team efforts. OSST Meeting 2012. 2. OSST 2012. Overview. InSpRL. ). Dec-21-2011. Workshop on Gravity Wave Detection . Presenter: Babak . N . Saif. InSpRL. Team. . Gravitational-Wave Mission RFI . Submitted by: Dr. Babak N. Saif, Instrument PI, GSFC Optics Branch, . atmosphere . to the upper atmosphere and ionosphere is through the generation and propagation of waves.. . Wave Coupling in the Atmosphere-Ionosphere System . 1. Jeff Forbes, Aerospace Engineering Sciences . Waves and Currents. Formation of Waves. Travelling Waves. Anatomy of Waves. Forces Generating Waves are Different. Wave type Period Disturbing force Restoring force. Capillary <0.1 sec Wind Surface tension. mesoscale gravity waves. This . ppt. summarizes the slides in the textbook. The theory is covered in class.. Note: this . ppt. does not include section 6.6 Bores.. Iowa gravity . wave time lapse movie. Stars, solar systems form within giant molecular clouds. Requires . high density. , . dust, and low temperatures. to initiate gravitational . collapse. Most material is hydrogen and helium; only a few percent is other elements. ,. . E. A. R. T. H. ,. . and M. O. O. N. BY MYKAELA Johnston . moon. Atmosphere/Erosion: the Moon has a very thin atmosphere but has no weather, wind, and running water to cause erosion and this causes extreme temperatures . z. ρ. 1. ρ. 2. ρ. 1 . < . ρ. 2. z. θ. θ. p. < . θ. env. θ. p. > . θ. env. Ascending (descending) air parcels will oscillate about their initial location due to buoyancy given this stratification.. TOTALLY different planets than our familiar next door neighbors!. They formed beyond the frost line – so ices could form and seed the early stages of agglomeration. There’s a lot more ice-type raw material than rock-type raw material, so you get bigger planets!. 5: . A Vertically Flow-Following Icosahedral Grid Model for Medium-Range and Seasonal Prediction. Part I: Model . Description. Mon. . Wea. . Rev., 143, 2386-2403.. [2]. Pelly, J. L., and B. J. Hoskins, 2003: A new perspective on blocking. J. . Billy L. . Edge & Margery Overton. CVEN 695-02. Bathymetric . Data. Why do we need wave models?. Wave climate assessment at the project site is important to most coastal & ocean engineering projects, including. InSpRL. ). Dec-21-2011. Workshop on Gravity Wave Detection . Presenter: Babak . N . Saif. InSpRL. Team. . Gravitational-Wave Mission RFI . Submitted by: Dr. Babak N. Saif, Instrument PI, GSFC Optics Branch, . A wave is a disturbance in a medium that carries energy without a net movement of particles.. Ocean . waves are formed as wind blows across the surface of the ocean, creating small ripples, which eventually become waves with increasing time and distance. .