Deceleration of the high-latitude thermospheric wind by polar cap gravity waves

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Dec 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000georl..27.3813i&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 27, Issue 23, p. 3813-3816

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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Thermosphere-Energy Deposition, Ionosphere: Wave Propagation, Magnetospheric Physics: Polar Cap Phenomena, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Thermospheric Dynamics

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This letter explores the hypothesis that gravity wave drag may account for the observed deceleration of the thermospheric anti-sunward wind near the nightside auroral oval, which at times has been seen to reduce to near zero in a horizontal distance of a few hundred kilometers. Other high-latitude observations have revealed thermospheric gravity waves that appear to propagate across the polar cap from the nightside to the dayside, and hence are moving counter to the wind near magnetic midnight. Approximate constancy with altitude of the vertical velocity amplitudes of these waves suggests a moderate level of energy dissipation is present. Calculations indicate a wave-mean flow interaction could lead to a deceleration of the wind of magnitude comparable to that observed.

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