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| Titel |
Lidar observations of middle atmospheric gravity wave activity over a low-latitude site (Gadanki, 13.5° N, 79.2° E) |
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V. Sivakumar, P. B. Rao, H. Bencherif |
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Englisch
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0992-7689
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In: Annales Geophysicae ; 24, no. 3 ; Nr. 24, no. 3 (2006-05-19), S.823-834 |
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250015514
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/angeo-24-823-2006.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| The low-latitude middle atmospheric gravity wave characteristics are
presented using 310 nights of Rayleigh lidar observations made at Gadanki
(13.5° N, 79.2° E) over the period from March 1998 to December 2002.
The gravity wave characteristics are presented in terms of vertical wave
number and frequency spectra, along with the estimated potential energy for
the four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn and winter. The computed
wave number spectra for both the stratosphere and the mesosphere are found to
differ significantly from a saturated model predicted spectrum. The spectra
were found to be shallower at lower wave numbers and steeper at higher wave numbers with
transition at ~8.85×10-4 cy/m. The computed frequency spectra
seem to follow the model plot with a power law index of -5/3 above a
frequency of ~2×10-4 Hz. The estimated potential energy per
unit mass increases gradually up to ~60 km and then rather rapidly
above this height to reach values of the order of 200J/kg at ~70 km. |
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