Kerguelen/Heard Island Simulation
Orbit 3234

This page describes a numerical simulation of gravity waves over Kerguelen and Heard Islands on June 17, 2024 for comparison with AWE swath 3234.

Wind Profiles

The background winds and temperature are fixed in space and time. The plots below show representative profiles for point located at 49.5°S, 69.5°E. Winds taken by combining ERA5 and JAWARA data.

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Results

Primary Breaking in an xz Plane



Animation of T' in a Gaussian Averaged xy plane



Animation of w in a Gaussian Averaged xy plane



Comparison in Latitude Longitude Space

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Other AWE Swaths on June 17, 2024

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