Research group Dynamic Meteorology

How and why the atmosphere moves is studied within dynamic meteorology. The atmosphere is never still and its movement can be described by partial differential equations which describe how changes in speed, density, pressure and temperature occur. We study these movements from the smallest scale of turbulence to planetary waves.

"Characteristic spatial and temporal scales for atmospheric processes related to weather and climate." From Albert A.M. Holtslag, 2003: Atmospheric turbulence.

We study the basic aspects of atmospheric dynamics and how that controls the general circulation and the exchange of heat, water vapor, gases and momentum between different parts of the atmosphere.

The research questions are, for example:

  • the exchange between the turbulent layer closest to the surface, the so-called boundary layer, and Earth's surface.
  • how well synoptic low pressure and high pressure blocking are represented in models and how they affect the meridional transport and the dynamic prerequisites for extreme weather events.
  • the importance of graviational waves for the general circulation and the coupling between different layers of the atmosphere.

We study the research questions by combining theory, numerical simulations with analysis of observations.

Our research is done in an international setting and we collaborate with many institutes, organisations and centers both within Sweden and internationally. The main collaborators are listed in the righthand panel under "Partners".

This research has been going on since 1991.

This research group has no members.

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