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Thermal excitation of atmospheric tides due to insolation absorption by O 3 and H 2 O
Author(s) -
Forbes Jeffrey M.,
Garrett Henry B.
Publication year - 1978
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/gl005i012p01013
Subject(s) - insolation , excitation , absorption (acoustics) , thermal , atmospheric sciences , environmental science , daytime , atmospheric tide , thermal emission , atomic physics , materials science , meteorology , physics , climatology , geophysics , geology , thermosphere , optics , ionosphere , quantum mechanics
The thermal excitation of diurnal and semidiurnal tidal modes due to insolation absorption by O 3 and H 2 O is investigated. Significant structural and seasonal differences from the heating profiles given by Chapman and Lindzen (1970) are reported.