Breaking of thunderstorm-generated gravity waves as a source of short-period ducted waves at mesopause altitudes

Jonathan B. Snively, Victor P. Pasko

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Abstract

Numerical simulation results indicate that the breaking of atmospheric gravity waves generated by tropospheric convection can excite short-period secondary waves, which are trapped in the lower thermospheric duct and which closely resemble quasi-monochromatic structures commonly observed in airglow imaging experiments.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)ASC 2-1 - ASC 2-4
JournalGeophysical Research Letters
Volume30
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 15 2003

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Geophysics
  • General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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