Concentric gravity waves in the mesosphere generated by deep convective plumes in the lower atmosphere near Fort Collins, Colorado

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Yue, Jia ^a   Vadas, Sharon L ^b,h   She, Chiao Yao ^c   Nakamura, Takuji ^d   Reising, Steven C ^a   Liu, Han Li ^e   Stamus, Pete ^b,h   Krueger, David A ^c   Lyons, Walter ^f   Li, Tao ^g  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b CoRA Division North West Research Associates ^*  (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f FMA Research Incorporated   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^h NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE SENSORS; RADIOSONDES; WAVES; WIND;

ALL-SKY; BACKGROUND WINDS; BAND EMISSION; BOUSSINESQ; CIRCULAR RING; CONCENTRIC RINGS; CONVECTIVE PLUME; EXPANDING RING; FIELD OF VIEWS; FORT COLLINS; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; GROUND BASED; HORIZONTAL WINDS; IMAGERS; LOWER ATMOSPHERE; MEAN-WINDS; MESOPAUSE REGION; MODEL DATA; RADIOSONDE DATA; RIDGE FIELDS; TIME-GCM; WAVE DISPERSION; WIND SPEED;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; GRAVITY WAVE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MESOPAUSE; MESOSPHERE; PERTURBATION; RADIOSONDE; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVELENGTH; WIND VELOCITY;

COLORADO; FORT COLLINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66449129257     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011244     Document Type: Article

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