Simulations were conducted for selected cases of stratospheric turbulence and wave motion as observed by aircraft. Simulation initial conditions for the underlying topography and upstream atmospheric profile vary from case to case. This paper describes the impact of simplifications in the assumed initial conditions. In addition, parametric adjustments to the initial conditions were employed to examine the simulation sensitivity to detailed structure in both the topographic and atmospheric profiles. The model is used both with and without parameterized dissipation. Attention is given to wave propagation transition between the troposphere and stratosphere and the perturbation amplitudes in the resulting lower stratospheric instabilities
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