弱不稳定平流层混合事件中的KHI管&结动力学

IF 3.8 2区 地球科学 Q2 METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Tyler S. Mixa, David C. Fritts, Thomas S. Lund
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摘要

已知开尔文-亥姆霍兹不稳定性(KHI)是大气湍流的重要驱动因素。最近的观测表明,KHI的形成是由不对齐或有角度的波浪段形成的,这些波浪段形成了连接的涡管和结(T&;K);这些特征促进了不同的、事件定义的不稳定性和混合特征,这些特征在先前的理想化研究中没有被考虑到。虽然T&;K已被证明增加低理查德森数(Ri)的KHI事件的混合,但它们在弱kh不稳定、不太理想的环境中的影响尚不清楚。在这里,我们展示了平流层中KHI的模拟结果,以评估弱kh不稳定环境中T&;K动力学的影响。2006年2月22日在俄克拉荷马拉蒙特附近的无线电探空风和温度剖面图测量了16.2 km附近的垂直偏移切变和稳定峰,最小Ri = 0.11。该事件的直接数值模拟(DNS)显示切变减少和分层增加,其中Ri随着切变和分层峰值向共同高度移动而增加到0.2。由此得到的KHI表现出与二次对流不稳定性(CI)相邻并叠加的T&;K特征,而不是像之前的T&;K研究中Ri = 0.05时那样取代它们。新发现的“曲轴”不稳定性扭曲了湍流,导致二次KHI,耗散延迟,升高。研究发现,表现出T&;K动力学的KHI比轴向均匀的KHI积累了约60 %的混合,混合效率相同或更低。混合的大量增加表明,T&;K动力学对整个大气中KHI事件的重要贡献,在一般环流模式的湍流参数化中仍未得到解决。
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KHI Tube & Knot Dynamics in a Weakly Unstable Stratospheric Mixing Event

Kelvin-Helmholtz Instabilities (KHI) are known to be significant drivers of atmospheric turbulence. Recent observations show KHI forming with misaligned or angled billow segments that develop connecting vortex tubes and knots (T&K); these features promote distinctive, event-defining instability and mixing characteristics that were not accounted for in prior idealized studies. Though T&K have been shown to increase mixing in KHI events with low Richardson numbers (Ri), their influence in weakly KH-unstable, less-idealized environments is unknown. Here we present modeling results of KHI in the stratosphere to assess the impact of T&K dynamics in weakly KH-unstable environments. Radiosonde wind and temperature profiles from 22 February 2006 near Lamont, Oklahoma, measured vertically offset shear and stability peaks near 16.2 km with a minimum Ri = 0.11. Direct numerical simulations (DNS) of this event reveal decreasing shear and increasing stratification, where Ri increases to 0.2 as the shear and stratification peaks move to a common altitude. The resulting KHI exhibit T&K features forming adjacent to, and in superposition with, secondary convective instabilities (CI) rather than superseding them as in prior T&K studies with Ri = 0.05. Newly discovered “crankshaft” instabilities distort the billows and give rise to secondary KHI with delayed, elevated dissipation. KHI that exhibit T&K dynamics are found to accumulate 60 ${\sim} 60$ % greater mixing than axially uniform KHI with equal or lower mixing efficiency. The substantial increase in mixing suggests significant contributions of T&K dynamics to KHI events throughout the atmosphere that remain unaddressed in general circulation models' turbulence parameterizations.

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Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Earth and Planetary Sciences-Geophysics
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7.30
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期刊介绍: JGR: Atmospheres publishes articles that advance and improve understanding of atmospheric properties and processes, including the interaction of the atmosphere with other components of the Earth system.
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