Diversity of responses to parameterized orographic gravity wave drag hotspots in a chemistry-climate model.

In the extratropical atmosphere, Rossby waves (RWs) and internal gravity waves (GWs) propagating from the troposphere mediate a coupling with the middle atmosphere by influencing the dynamics therein. In state-of-the-art chemistry-climate models (CCMs), RW effects are well resolved while the majority of GW effects have to be parameterized. Here, we analyze orographic GW (OGW) interaction with resolved dynamics in a comprehensive CCM on daily time scales. For this, we apply a recently developed method of strong OGW drag event composites for three pronounced northern hemisphere OGW hotspots. We show that strong OGW drag events are associated with anomalous resolved wave propagation in the stratosphere. Causal links are inferred from previously published work and are supported by the anomalies in zonal circulation and wave activity tendencies. The nature of these anomalies varies depending on the hotspot region, which underlines the parameterized OGW-resolved dynamics interaction being a two-way process. Finally, we show in this presentation previously unpublished results on the connection between OGW drag anomalies and Sudden Stratospheric Warmings.