Convective and Orographic Origins of the Mesoscale Kinetic Energy Spectrum

Abstract The mesoscale spectrum describes the distribution of kinetic energy in the Earth's atmosphere between length scales of 10 and 400 km. Since the first observations, the origins of this spectrum have been controversial. At synoptic scales, the spectrum follows a −3 spectral slope, consis...

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Main Authors: Salah Kouhen, Benjamin A. Storer, Hussein Aluie, David P. Marshall, Hannah M. Christensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-11-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL110804