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Which quantity does a gravity wave drag scheme compute?

  • A.The number of individual wave crests present within each grid box at each time step of the integration
  • B.The wave amplitude at the surface
  • C.The total energy carried upward by the wave field through the whole depth of the atmospheric column
  • D.The vertical divergence of the wave momentum flux

Answer: D

The scheme launches a wave momentum flux at the source level and computes where it is deposited, the vertical divergence of that flux being the drag applied to the resolved flow. Saturation criteria determine the deposition level. Counting individual crests is neither possible nor meaningful at model resolution, and the surface amplitude is an input rather than the output of the calculation. Framing the question as which quantity the change acts upon makes the answer follow without calculation.

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