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Breaking of thunderstorm‐generated gravity waves as a source of short‐period ducted waves at mesopause altitudes
Author(s) -
Snively Jonathan B.,
Pasko Victor P.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2003gl018436
Subject(s) - gravity wave , mesopause , gravitational wave , airglow , atmospheric wave , thunderstorm , geophysics , convection , geology , monochromatic color , atmospheric sciences , physics , meteorology , mesosphere , optics , stratosphere , astronomy
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.