Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2000/00333
Stratospheric gravity wave drag diagnosed using an adjoint stratosphere model.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor J Thuburn, University of Reading, Meteorology
- Grant held at:
- University of Reading, Meteorology
- Science Area:
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Atmospheric
- ENRIs:
- Pollution and Waste
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Upper Atmos Process & Geospace
- Atmospheric Kinetics
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- Uncertainty in parameterizing gravity wave drag is the major factor limiting the realism of current middle atmosphere simulations. There is a great need for the use of observed data to provide constraints on the formulation of parameterizations and on the values of their tunable parameters. The proposed project is to develop the tangent linear model and its adjoint of a new three-dimensional dynamical model of the stratosphere and to use it to diagnose three-dimensional time-varying fields of zonal and meridional components of gravity wave drag from analyses of middle atmosphere winds and temperatures. The adjoint model will have a wide range of applications beyond the project proposed here, most notably in data assimilation.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2000/00333
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £141,197
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £83,515 | £3,137 | £3,696 | £38,417 | £12,433 |
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