Observations of Gravity Waves with High-Pass Filtering in the New Generation of Geostationary Imagers and Their Relation to Aircraft Turbulence

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Wimmers ◽  
Sarah Griffin ◽  
Jordan Gerth ◽  
Scott Bachmeier ◽  
Scott Lindstrom

Abstract This paper introduces a method of image filtering for viewing gravity waves in satellite imagery, which is particularly timely to the advent of the next-generation Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) and the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI). Applying a “high pass” filter to the upper-troposphere water vapor channel reveals sub-Kelvin-degree variations in brightness temperature that depict an abundance of gravity wave activity at the AHI/ABI sensitivity. Three examples demonstrate that this high-pass product can be exploited in a forecasting setting to identify possible varieties of turbulence-prone gravity waves that either 1) move roughly orthogonally to the apparent background flow or 2) produce interference as separate wave packets pass through the same location.

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-41
Author(s):  
I Kadek Nova Arta Kusuma ◽  
Firman Setiabudi ◽  
Eka Fibriantika ◽  
Yunus Subagyo Swarinoto

Di Indonesia, pemanfaatan citra satelit dan model numerik menjadi acuan utama dalam kegiatan operasional cuaca penerbangan. Fenomena cuaca penerbangan yang masih sulit dideteksi adalah clear air turbulence (CAT). Salah satu penyebab terjadinya CAT adalah adanya gravity wave yang terbentuk di atmosfer. Pada paper ini akan ditunjukkan studi kasus fenomena gravity wave yang diidentifikasi menggunakan metode high pass filter pada water vapor band satelit Himawari dan dianalisis menggunakan model ECMWF 0.125 degree. Dari hasil penelitian diperoleh bahwa metode high pass filter dapat membantu mengenali fenomena gravity wave menjadi lebih mudah dalam bentuk paralel strips.  Pada studi kasus ini, gravity wave terbentuk karena selisih angin yang besar pada lapisan 200 mb dan 250 mb sehingga membentuk vertical wind shear dan cloud billows yang terdeteksi pada Water Vapor Band dan memiliki pola tegak lurus terhadap angin.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manfred Ern ◽  
Peter Preusse ◽  
Martin Riese

<p>Sources of atmospheric gravity waves are mostly located in the troposphere and the lower stratosphere. Gravity waves propagate away from their sources, re-distribute energy and momentum in the atmosphere, and exert drag on the atmospheric background flow where they dissipate. Therefore they are important drivers of the atmospheric circulation. In climate models, their effect on the background circulation is usually parameterized because of their relatively short horizontal and vertical wavelengths that are of the order of 10-1000km and 1-100km, respectively. Gravity wave parametrizations are very simplified. For example, they often neglect the fact that gravity wave source processes and gravity wave propagation conditions can vary on short temporal and spatial scales. Therefore the global distribution of gravity wave activity is very intermittent, which has also important consequences where gravity waves dissipate and exert drag on the background flow, and which should be accounted for in parametrizations.<br>For guiding models, global observations of the gravity wave distribution and its intermittency are needed. We derive gravity wave potential energies and absolute momentum fluxes from observations of the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS) and the Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) satellite instruments. As a measure of intermittency, we calculate global distributions of Gini coefficients. We find that our results are qualitatively in good agreement with previous findings from satellite, and similar in magnitude to intermittency obtained from previous superpressure balloon campaigns. In the stratosphere, strongest intermittency is found over orographic gravity wave sources, followed by gravity wave activity in the polar night jets. Intermittency in the tropical stratosphere is weakest. However, in the tropical upper mesosphere intermittency is increased, which is likely caused by the modulation of the gravity wave distribution by tides.</p>


1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (18) ◽  
pp. 2437-2438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry A. Tattar ◽  
David M. Sylvia

Frequency spectra of healthy plant storage tissue indicate that the tissue acts as a high-pass filter that attenuates low frequencies and allows high frequencies to pass through. During progressive deterioration of the tissue from infection of soft-rot bacteria, the frequency spectra indicated a loss in ability of the tissues to filter low frequency signals.


2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (11) ◽  
pp. 2863-2875 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Serafimovich ◽  
Ch. Zülicke ◽  
P. Hoffmann ◽  
D. Peters ◽  
P. Dalin ◽  
...  

Abstract. We present an experimental and modelling study of a strong gravity wave event in the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere near the Scandinavian mountain ridge. Continuous VHF radar measurements during the MaCWAVE rocket and ground-based measurement campaign were performed at the Norwegian Andoya Rocket Range (ARR) near Andenes (69.3° N, 16° E) in January 2003. Detailed gravity wave investigations based on PSU/NCAR Fifth-Generation Mesoscale Model (MM5) data have been used for comparison with experimentally obtained results. The model data show the presence of a mountain wave and of an inertia gravity wave generated by a jet streak near the tropopause region. Temporal and spatial dependencies of jet induced inertia gravity waves with dominant observed periods of about 13 h and vertical wavelengths of ~4.5–5 km are investigated with wavelet transform applied on radar measurements and model data. The jet induced wave packet is observed to move upstream and downward in the upper troposphere. The model data agree with the experimentally obtained results fairly well. Possible reasons for the observed differences, e.g. in the time of maximum of the wave activity, are discussed. Finally, the vertical fluxes of horizontal momentum are estimated with different methods and provide similar amplitudes. We found indications that the derived positive vertical flux of the horizontal momentum corresponds to the obtained parameters of the jet-induced inertia gravity wave, but only at the periods and heights of the strongest wave activity.


Author(s):  
Maryam Abata ◽  
Mahmoud Mehdi ◽  
Said Mazer ◽  
Moulhime El Bekkali ◽  
Catherine Algani

Author(s):  
Qibo Mao ◽  
Yuande Wang ◽  
Shizuo Huang

In this study, a new methodology is presented to detect the sensor fault for piezoelectric array based on the filtered frequency response function (FRF) shapes. The proposed method does not require prior knowledge about healthy piezoelectric array. First, the imaginary parts of FRFs from the piezoelectric array during vibration are measured and normalized to obtain the FRF shapes in different frequencies. Then the irregularities in these FRF shapes are extracted by using high-pass filter with properly chosen cut-off frequency. These abnormal irregularities on the filtered FRF shape curves indicate the location of the faulty sensor, due to the irregularity of FRF shapes introduced by the faulty piezoelectric element. The proposed sensor fault method is experimentally demonstrated on a clamped-clamped steel beam mounted with piezoelectric buzzer array. Two common piezoelectric sensor fault types including sensor breakage and debonding are evaluated. The experimental results indicate that the proposed method has great potential in the detection of the sensor fault for piezoelectric array as it is simple and does not require the FRF data of the healthy sensor array as a baseline.


2019 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeru Yamada ◽  
Takeshi Imamura ◽  
Tetsuya Fukuhara ◽  
Makoto Taguchi

AbstractThe reason for stationary gravity waves at Venus’ cloud top to appear mostly at low latitudes in the afternoon is not understood. Since a neutral layer exists in the lower part of the cloud layer, the waves should be affected by the neutral layer before reaching the cloud top. To what extent gravity waves can propagate vertically through the neutral layer has been unclear. To examine the possibility that the variation of the neutral layer thickness is responsible for the dependence of the gravity wave activity on the latitude and the local time, we investigated the sensitivity of the vertical propagation of gravity waves on the neutral layer thickness using a numerical model. The results showed that stationary gravity waves with zonal wavelengths longer than 1000 km can propagate to the cloud-top level without notable attenuation in the neutral layer with realistic thicknesses of 5–15 km. This suggests that the observed latitudinal and local time variation of the gravity wave activity should be attributed to processes below the cloud. An analytical approach also showed that gravity waves with horizontal wavelengths shorter than tens of kilometers would be strongly attenuated in the neutral layer; such waves should originate in the altitude region above the neutral layer.


2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (01) ◽  
pp. 159-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
SUDHANSHU MAHESHWARI ◽  
IQBAL A. KHAN

A novel voltage-mode universal filter employing only two current differencing buffered amplifiers (CDBAs) is proposed. The filter uses four inputs and single output to realize six responses, viz. low-pass, high-pass, inverting band-pass, noninverting band-pass, band-elimination, and all-pass through input selection with independent pole-Q control. Computer simulation results using SPICE are also given to verify the theory.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Buendía-Fuentes ◽  
M. A. Arnau-Vives ◽  
A. Arnau-Vives ◽  
Y. Jiménez-Jiménez ◽  
J. Rueda-Soriano ◽  
...  

Introduction. Artifactual variations in the ST segment may lead to confusion with acute coronary syndromes. Objective. To evaluate how the technical characteristics of the recording mode may distort the ST segment. Material and Method. We made a series of electrocardiograms using different filter configurations in 45 asymptomatic patients. A spectral analysis of the electrocardiograms was made by discrete Fourier transforms, and an accurate recomposition of the ECG signal was obtained from the addition of successive harmonics. Digital high-pass filters of 0.05 and 0.5 Hz were used, and the resulting shapes were compared with the originals. Results. In 42 patients (93%) clinically significant alterations in ST segment level were detected. These changes were only seen in “real time mode” with high-pass filter of 0.5 Hz. Conclusions. Interpretation of the ST segment in “real time mode” should only be carried out using high-pass filters of 0.05 Hz.


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