Vargas, F.; Yang, G.; Batista, P.; Gobbi, D. Growth Rate of Gravity Wave Amplitudes Observed in Sodium Lidar Density Profiles and Nightglow Image Data. Atmosphere2019, 10, 750.
Vargas, F.; Yang, G.; Batista, P.; Gobbi, D. Growth Rate of Gravity Wave Amplitudes Observed in Sodium Lidar Density Profiles and Nightglow Image Data. Atmosphere 2019, 10, 750.
Vargas, F.; Yang, G.; Batista, P.; Gobbi, D. Growth Rate of Gravity Wave Amplitudes Observed in Sodium Lidar Density Profiles and Nightglow Image Data. Atmosphere2019, 10, 750.
Vargas, F.; Yang, G.; Batista, P.; Gobbi, D. Growth Rate of Gravity Wave Amplitudes Observed in Sodium Lidar Density Profiles and Nightglow Image Data. Atmosphere 2019, 10, 750.
Abstract
Amplitude growth rates of monochromatic gravity waves were estimated and compared from multiple instrument measurements carried out in Brazil. Wave dynamic parameters were obtained from sodium density profiles from lidar observations carried out in Sao Jose dos Campos (23°S, 46°W), while all-sky images of multiple airglow layers provided amplitudes and parameters of waves over Cachoeira Paulista (23°S, 45°W). Growth rates of gravity wave amplitudes from lidar and airglow imager data were consistent with dissipative wave behavior. Only a small amount of the observed wave events presented freely propagating behavior. Part of the observed waves presented saturated amplitude. The general saturated/damped behavior is consistent with diffusive filtering processes imposing limits to amplitude growth rates of the observed gravity waves.
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science and Meteorology
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