MESOSCALE NONLINEAR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES AND THEIR INTERACTION IN VERTICAL SHEAR FLOW* |
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| Authors: | ZHOU Weican ZHU Lihua and ZOU Lanjun |
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| Institution: | Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing 210044;Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing 210044;Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing 210044 |
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| Abstract: | Interaction equations of two nonlinear gravitational waves in baroclinic atmosphere are presented via multi-scale perturbation method,which can be classified into coupling nonlinear Schrodinger equations.In particular,the interaction course of two nonlinear gravitational waves of basic flow in vertical linear and quadratic shear is illustrated.Numerical calculation displays that wave amplitude enlarges and wave width narrows when two solitary gravitational waves meet and chase;that basic flow with single shear is more beneficial than that with quadratic shear to the interaction of two nonlinear wave packets;and that the interaction of two wave packets makes wave shape change more greatly and energy more dispersive,which contributes to the occurrence of changeable weather.Therefore,one of the probable mechanisms for the appearance of strong convection weather is the interaction between mesoscale nonlinear gravitational waves. |
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| Keywords: | nonlinear gravitational waves coupling Schrodinger equations solitary wave packet strong convection |
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