AS1.32 | Internal Gravity Waves
EDI PICO
Internal Gravity Waves
Convener: Chantal Staquet | Co-conveners: Katherine Grayson, Claudia Stephan, Ulrich Achatz
Programme
| Wed, 30 Apr, 08:30–12:30 (CEST)
 
PICO spot 5
Programme
Wed, 08:30
Internal gravity waves (IGWs) still pose major questions in the study of both atmospheric and ocean sciences, and stellar physics. Important issues include IGW radiation from their various relevant sources, IGW reflection at boundaries, their propagation through and interaction with a larger-scale flow, wave-induced mean flow, wave-wave interactions in general, wave breaking and its implications for mixing, and the parameterization of these processes in models not explicitly resolving IGWs. The observational record, both on a global scale and with respect to local small-scale processes, is not yet sufficiently able to yield appropriate constraints. The session is intended to bring together experts from all fields of geophysical and astrophysical fluid dynamics working on related problems. Presentations on theoretical, modelling, experimental, and observational work with regard to all aspects of IGWs are most welcome, including those on major collaborative projects, which seek to accurately parameterize the role of IGWs in numerical models.