For several decades, jets and fronts have been known from observations to be significant
sources of internal gravity waves in the atmosphere. Motivations to investigate these waves …

The large-scale dynamics of the mid-latitude atmosphere and ocean is characterized by a
timescale separation between slow balanced motion and fast inertia-gravity waves. As a …

Inertia–Gravity Waves Emitted from Balanced Flow: Observations, Properties, and
Consequences in: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences Volume 65 Issue 11 (2008) Jump to …

A method to decompose geophysical flows into a balanced flow (defined by its potential
vorticity, PV) and an imbalanced component (inertia–gravity waves, IGWs) is introduced. The …

The problem of emergence of fast gravity-wave oscillations in rotating, stratified flow is
reconsidered. Fast inertia-gravity oscillations have long been considered an impediment to …

Using a nonlinear global primitive equation model, spontaneous inertia‐gravity wave (IGW)
emission is investigated in an idealized representation of the stratospheric polar night. It is …

Two case studies of nonorographic gravity waves are carried out for wave events that
occurred over the Southern Ocean in November 2005. Mesoscale simulations were carried …

This paper discusses some of the mechanisms whereby fast inertia–gravity waves can be
generated spontaneously by slow, balanced atmospheric and oceanic flows. In the small …

The generation and propagation of a packet of small-amplitude inertia–gravity waves (IGWs)
in a rotating stratified balanced flow is described. The initially balanced geophysical flow is …

We introduce a unified variational framework in which the classical balance models for
nearly geostrophic shallow water as well as several new models can be derived. Our …