Splitting of the wave disturbance spectrum in the isothermal atmosphere due to its rotation

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1Cheremnykh, OK, 1Fedorenko, AK, Cheremnykh, OS, 2Kronberg, EA
1Space Research Institute under NAS and National Space Agency of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
2Max Planck Institute, Göttingen, Germany
Kinemat. fiz. nebesnyh tel (Online) 2023, 39(6):3-23
https://doi.org/10.15407/kfnt2023.06.003
Language: Ukrainian
Abstract: 

The influence of the Earth’s rotation on the spectrum of low-frequency wave disturbances in an isothermal atmosphere is investigated. The system of equations for small linear disturbances is obtained in the “traditional” approximation and in the β-plane approximation, taking into account the frequency of rotation of the atmosphere. The found equations differ from the previously obtained ones in that the left parts of the equations depend only on time, whereas the right parts are expressed in terms of disturbed pressure. It is shown that at zero perturbed pressure, taking into account the atmospheric rotation in the equations, leads to the “splitting” of the obtained system into separate equations describing vertical and horizontal perturbations. Compact analytical solutions were obtained for both types of disturbances. It was established that vertical disturbances are realized in the form of Brunt — Vaisaila waves, and horizontal — in the form of Rossby waves and inertial oscillations.

Keywords: acoustic-gravity waves, dispersion equation, inertial oscillations, Rossby waves, rotating atmosphere, β-plane approximation
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