Middle Atmosphere
A reliable treatment of the middle atmosphere is important for many aspects of climate modelling and medium-range weather forecasts. At the same time this region of the atmosphere is comparatively little understood. Much of our work aims at an improved understanding and an improved modeling of the middle atmosphere.
Publications
2017
Achatz, U., Ribstein, B., Senf, F., and R. Klein 2017: The interaction between synoptic-scale balanced flow and a finite-amplitude mesoscale wave field throughout all atmospheric layers: Weak and moderately strong stratification. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 143, 342–361
2016
Bölöni, G., Ribstein, B., Muraschko, J., Sgoff, C., Wei, J. and U. Achatz 2016: The interaction between atmospheric gravity waves and large-scale flows: an efficient description beyond the non-acceleration paradigm. J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 4833-4852
Ribstein, B. and U. Achatz 2016: The interaction between gravity waves and solar tides in a linear tidal model with a 4D ray-tracing gravity-wave parameterization. J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1002/2016JA022478
2015
Ribstein, B., Achatz, U., and F. Senf, 2015: The interaction between Gravity Waves and Solar Tides: Results from 4D Ray Tracing coupled to a Linear Tidal Model, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1002/2015JA021349
2014
Fruman, M.D., Remmler, S., Achatz, U. und S. Hickel, 2014: On the construction of a direct numerical simulation of a breaking inertia-gravity wave in the upper mesosphere. J. Geophys. Res., 119, 11,613--11,640
2012
Achatz, U., F. Senf and N. Grieger, Solar diurnal tides in the middle atmosphere: Interactions with the zonal mean flow, planetary waves and gravity waves. In Climate and weather
of the sun-earth system (CAWSES):Highlights from a priority program. Ed. F.-J. Lübken. Springer: Dordrecht.
2011
Senf, F. and Achatz, U. On the impact of middle-atmosphere thermal tides on the propagation and dissipation of gravity waves. J. Geophys. Res. 116, D24110, doi:10.1029/2011JD015794
2010
Achatz, U., Klein, R.,Senf, F., Gravity waves, scale asymptotics and the pseudo-incompressible equations. J. Fluid Mech., 663, 120-147
2008
Achatz, U., Grieger, N., Schmidt, H., Mechanisms controlling the diurnal solar tide: Analysis using a GCM and a linear model. J. Geophys. Res.,113, A08303, doi:10.1029/2007JA012967