Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010agufmsa23a1780v&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract #SA23A-1780
Physics
[2487] Ionosphere / Wave Propagation, [3367] Atmospheric Processes / Theoretical Modeling, [3369] Atmospheric Processes / Thermospheric Dynamics
Scientific paper
In this paper, we discuss the gravity wave (GW) dissipative compressible polarization relations derived in Vadas and Fritts (2005). We show how GWs with large vertical wavelengths lambda_z have different polarization relations than those with small lambda_z. Since GWs in the thermosphere have large lambda_z, the compressible (not Boussinesq) polarization relations are essential for proper analysis of their phase relationships. We also show how the polarization relations are altered when a GW is dissipating. Finally, we apply this theory to recent nightime observations of GWs observed by a high-resolution Fabry Perot common volume experiment near Poker Flat, Alaska in January, 2010. We also compare with daytime and nighttime Poker Flat ISR results taken at the same time.
Meriwether W. Jr. J.
Nicolls Michael J.
Vadas Sharon L.
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