EGU21-8828
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-8828
EGU General Assembly 2021
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Intraseasonal to decadal variability of Rossby wave packet properties

Georgios Fragkoulidis and Volkmar Wirth
Georgios Fragkoulidis and Volkmar Wirth
  • Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Physics, Mainz, Germany (gfragkou@uni-mainz.de)

The large-scale extratropical upper-tropospheric flow tends to organize itself into eastward-propagating Rossby wave packets (RWPs). Investigating the spatiotemporal evolution of RWPs and the underlying physical processes has been beneficial in showcasing the role of the upper-tropospheric flow in temperature and precipitation extremes. The use of recently developed diagnostics of local in space and time wave properties has provided further insight in this regard. Motivated by the above, these diagnostic methods are now being employed to investigate the intraseasonal to decadal variability of key RWP properties such as their amplitude, phase speed, and group velocity in reanalysis datasets. It is shown that these properties exhibit a distinct seasonal and interregional variability, while interesting patterns thereof emerge. Moreover, the interannual and long-term variability in these RWP properties is explored and significant decadal trends for specific regions and seasons are highlighted. Ongoing work aims at further utilizing the presented diagnostics and analyses toward an improved understanding of the extratropical large-scale flow variability from weather to climate time scales.

How to cite: Fragkoulidis, G. and Wirth, V.: Intraseasonal to decadal variability of Rossby wave packet properties, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-8828, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-8828, 2021.

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