IDEAL: Instabilities, Dynamics and Energetics accompanying Atmospheric Layering
Summary
The IDEAL (Instabilities, Dynamics and Energetics accompanying Atmospheric Layering) field project combines ground-based in-situ observations with modeling efforts and will quantify the understanding of “sheet-and-layer” (S&L) structures, morphologies, and underlying dynamics in the stably stratified lower troposphere. The IDEAL project science goals are:
- Identify the multi-scale GW dynamics that appear contribute to local instabilities, intermittent turbulence, and the creation and evolution of S&L structures from ~50 m to ~2-3 km,
- Identify the instability dynamics [i.e. Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability (KHI), GW breaking,intrusions, others?] that drive turbulence and transport, and their scales, amplitudes, and heat and momentum fluxes, for various S&L scales and energy sources, and
- Quantify the scales, intensities, character, and consequences of turbulence events for various S&L and instability flows and strengths.
Data access
Additional information
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Temporal coverage
| Begin Date | 2017-10-23 00:00:00 |
| End Date | 2017-11-15 23:59:59 |
Spatial coverage
Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.
Maximum (North) Latitude:
45.00,
Minimum (South) Latitude:
35.00
Minimum (West) Longitude:
-115.00,
Maximum (East) Longitude:
-105.00