The dynamics of planetary-scale geophysical flows is strongly influenced by physicalprocesses, mostly unresolved by general circulation numerical models. To parametrisethe coupling between small and large scales, it is essential to understand the underlying physical mechanisms. In this thesis, we study an emblematic problem of interactions between waves and mean flows: the dynamics of zonal flows forced by internal gravity waves. A striking manifestation of these interactions is the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) of equatorial winds in the Earth’s atmosphere. First, we describe a transition to chaos in a classical quasilinear model of the QBO and show that these bifurcations persist in direct numerical simulations. Based on these results,...
Inertia-gravity waves exist ubiquitously throughout the stratified parts of the atmosphere and ocean...
Coherent structures are ubiquitous features of atmospheric and oceanic flows. Their associated meso-...
Numerous experiments on the detection of atmospheric waves in the frequency range from acoustic to p...
The dynamics of planetary-scale geophysical flows is strongly influenced by physicalprocesses, mostl...
The quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) of equatorial winds on Earth is the clearest example of the spo...
International audienceWe demonstrate via direct numerical simulations that a periodic, oscillating m...
Inertia-gravity waves play a major role in the global transfer of energy on Earth. Even if wave gene...
International audienceDespite elegant theoretical descriptions and numerous potential applications i...
International audienceThe Boussinesq approximation provides a convenient framework to describe the d...
International audienceShear flow in a stable stratification provides a waveguide for internal gravit...
A numerical study of the dynamics of internal gravity waves in a stratified fluid is carried out. We...
The effect of mountain gravity waves breaking at critical levels, upon the large scale flow, is stud...
The dynamics of the atmospheric mesoscale and oceanic submesoscale are characterized by strong stra...
AbstractWe aim to diagnose internal gravity waves emitted from balanced flow and investigate their r...
[1] The ability of general circulation models (GCMs) to simulate the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO...
Inertia-gravity waves exist ubiquitously throughout the stratified parts of the atmosphere and ocean...
Coherent structures are ubiquitous features of atmospheric and oceanic flows. Their associated meso-...
Numerous experiments on the detection of atmospheric waves in the frequency range from acoustic to p...
The dynamics of planetary-scale geophysical flows is strongly influenced by physicalprocesses, mostl...
The quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) of equatorial winds on Earth is the clearest example of the spo...
International audienceWe demonstrate via direct numerical simulations that a periodic, oscillating m...
Inertia-gravity waves play a major role in the global transfer of energy on Earth. Even if wave gene...
International audienceDespite elegant theoretical descriptions and numerous potential applications i...
International audienceThe Boussinesq approximation provides a convenient framework to describe the d...
International audienceShear flow in a stable stratification provides a waveguide for internal gravit...
A numerical study of the dynamics of internal gravity waves in a stratified fluid is carried out. We...
The effect of mountain gravity waves breaking at critical levels, upon the large scale flow, is stud...
The dynamics of the atmospheric mesoscale and oceanic submesoscale are characterized by strong stra...
AbstractWe aim to diagnose internal gravity waves emitted from balanced flow and investigate their r...
[1] The ability of general circulation models (GCMs) to simulate the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO...
Inertia-gravity waves exist ubiquitously throughout the stratified parts of the atmosphere and ocean...
Coherent structures are ubiquitous features of atmospheric and oceanic flows. Their associated meso-...
Numerous experiments on the detection of atmospheric waves in the frequency range from acoustic to p...