Breaking of Thunderstorm-Generated Gravity Waves as a Source of Short-Period Ducted Waves at Mesopause Altitudes

Jonathan B. Snively; Victor P. Pasko

doi:10.1029/2003GL018436

Breaking of Thunderstorm-Generated Gravity Waves as a Source of Short-Period Ducted Waves at Mesopause Altitudes

Jonathan B. Snively, Victor P. Pasko

The Pennsylvania State University

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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 language	American English
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	30
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2003GL018436
State	Published - Dec 19 2003
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

gravity waves
imaging techniques
thunderstorms
troposphere

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Atmospheric Sciences

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