MSX satellite observations of thunderstorm-generated gravity waves in mid-wave infrared images of the upper stratosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 939-942

  Dewan, E M ^a   Picard, R H ^a   O'Neil, R R ^a   Gardiner, H A ^a   Gibson, J ^a   Mill, J D ^b   Richards, E ^c   Kendra, M ^d   Gallery, W O ^e  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ERIM   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Radex Inc   (United States)

^e ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING; THUNDERSTORMS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES; GRAVITY WAVES; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

MID WAVE INFRARED IMAGES; MIDCOURSE SPACE EXPERIMENT (MSX) SATELLITE; STRATOSPHERE; THUNDERSTORM GENERATED GRAVITY WAVES; CONCENTRIC CIRCLES; CONSTANT ALTITUDE; GRAVITY WAVE THEORY; INTENSITY PATTERNS; MID WAVE INFRARED (MWIR); MIDCOURSE SPACE EXPERIMENTS; RADIATING SURFACE; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

GRAVITY WAVES; INFRARED RADIATION;

GRAVITY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 0032051417     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00640     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Dewan, E. M., and R. E. Good, Saturation and the "universal" spectrum for vertical profiles of horizontal scalar winds in the atmosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 91, D2, 2742-2748, 1986.
2. Hines, C. O., Internal atmospheric gravity waves at ionospheric heights, Can. J. Phys., 38, 1441-1481, 1960.
3. Mill, J. D., R. R. O'Neil, S. Price, G. J. Romick, O. M. Uy, E. M. Gaposchkin, G. C. Light, W. W. Moore Jr., T. L. Murdock, and A. T. Stair, Midcourse Space Experiment: Introduction to the spacecraft, instruments, and scientific objectives, J. Spacecraft Rockets, 31, 900-907, 1994.
4. Taylor, M. J., and M. A. Hapgood, Identification of a thunderstorm as a source of short period gravity waves in the upper atmospheric nightglow emissions, Planet. Space Sci., 36, 975-985, 1988.