Trends of the Wave Activity Flux Vertical Component in the Northern Hemisphere

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Long-term trends of three-dimensional wave activity Plumb’s fluxes are studied using the JRA-55 global reanalysis of the atmosphere. The vertical component of wave activity Plumb’s flux characterizes the propagation of atmospheric planetary waves generated in the troposphere into the upper atmosphere, and is used to analyze the stratosphere-troposphere dynamic interaction. The study of the wave activity flux was conducted for three latitudinal sectors of the Northern Hemisphere for months from December to March, over a 64-year period since 1958. It is shown that a statistically significant trend of wave activity flux from the troposphere to the stratosphere increase is observed over the Russian Far East in January and March. This can contribute to an increase in the frequency of cold waves formation in the middle latitudes troposphere. The study of stratosphere-troposphere dynamic interaction in general and wave activity fluxes in particular is necessary to task solution related to both global and regional climate changes and mixing of long-lived atmospheric components.

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K. А. Didenko

Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Saint Petersburg State University

Author for correspondence.
Email: didenko@izmiran.ru
Russian Federation, Troitsk; Saint Petersburg

Т. S. Ermakova

Saint Petersburg State University; Russian State Hydrometeorological University

Email: taalika@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg; Saint Petersburg

А. V. Koval

Saint Petersburg State University

Email: a.v.koval@spbu.ru
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Е. N. Savenkova

Russian State Hydrometeorological University

Email: savenkova.en@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

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2. Fig. 1. Vertical component of the three-dimensional wave activity flux (m2/s2) averaged over 64 years (1958-2021): (a) December, (b) January, (c) February, (d) March, 20 km altitude. JRA-55 data.

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3. Fig. 2. Vertical component of the 3D wave activity flux (m2/s2) averaged over 10 years (2008-2017): (a) - December, (b) - January, (c) - February, (d) - March, 20 km altitude. JRA-55 data.

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4. Fig. 3. Temporal variability of the vertical component of the wave activity flux over 64 years (1958-2021) for December at 20 km level, averaged for (a) - Sector I, (b) - Sector II, (c) - Sector III in the 37.5-77.5° N band. JRA-55 data.

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5. Fig. 4. Temporal variability of the vertical component of the wave activity flux for 1980-2021 for December at 20 km level, averaged for (a) - Sector I, (b) - Sector II, (c) - Sector III in the band 37.5-77.5° N. JRA-55 data.

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6. Fig. 5. Temporal variability of the vertical component of the wave activity flux over 64 years (1958-2021) for January at 20 km, averaged for (a) - Sector I, (b) - Sector II, (c) - Sector III in the 37.5-77.5° N band. JRA-55 data.

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7. Fig. 6. Temporal variability of the vertical component of the wave activity flux over 64 years (1958-2021) for February at 20 km, averaged for (a) - Sector I, (b) - Sector II, (c) - Sector III in the 37.5-77.5° N band. JRA-55 data.

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8. Fig. 7. Temporal variability of the vertical component of the wave activity flux over 64 years (1958-2021) for March at 20 km, averaged for (a) - Sector I, (b) - Sector II, (c) - Sector III in the 37.5-77.5° N band. JRA-55 data.

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