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  • Geophysics
  • Numerical modeling

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  • Gravity waves (GWs) are crucial for energy and momentum transport in the atmosphere.
  • Mesosphere inversion layers (MILs) represent regions of enhanced static stability in the upper atmosphere.
  • Understanding GW-MIL interactions is key to comprehending atmospheric dynamics and turbulence generation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the dynamical response of gravity waves (GWs) interacting with a mesosphere inversion layer (MIL).
  • To determine the conditions under which GWs become unstable and break within a MIL.
  • To quantify the effects of MILs on GW reflection, transmission, and turbulence.

Main Methods:

  • An anelastic numerical model was utilized to simulate GW propagation.
  • The model incorporated a MIL with enhanced static stability.
  • Simulations analyzed GW amplitude, vertical wavelength, intrinsic frequency, and MIL characteristics.

Main Results:

  • Large-amplitude GWs can become unstable and break within MILs, generating turbulence at lower altitudes than expected.
  • Smaller-amplitude GWs experience partial reflection and transmission, with reduced transmission when turbulence occurs.
  • GW transmission is greater for weaker MILs, larger GW vertical wavelengths, and lower GW intrinsic frequencies.

Conclusions:

  • MILs act as significant barriers to GW propagation, influencing turbulence generation.
  • The findings have implications for understanding inversions like the tropopause inversion layer and polar summer mesopause.
  • MILs can lead to stronger GW reflections and less coherent propagation in complex atmospheric stability fields.