Open AccessMesoscale forecasts of stratospheric mountain waves
Author(s) -
Dörnbrack Andreas,
Leutbecher Martin,
Volkert Hans,
Wirth Martin
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
meteorological applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1469-8080
pISSN - 1350-4827
DOI - 10.1017/s1350482798000802
Subject(s) - mesoscale meteorology , climatology , environmental science , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , geology , geography
A forecasting system was set up to infer the impact of mountain waves for producing mesoscale temperature anomalies in the stratosphere. It was successfully applied during a recent aircraft campaign which operated out of Rovaniemi, northern Finland, between 18 December 1996 and 15 January 1997. The forecast information led to the successful detection of mountain‐induced polar stratospheric clouds on 9 January 1997. For this event mesoscale forecasts, hindcast runs including grid nesting and comparisons with lidar observations and radiosonde measurements are presented. Copyright © 1998 Royal Meteorological Society