Physics
Scientific paper
May 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997adspr..19..145i&link_type=abstract
Advances in Space Research, Volume 19, Issue 1, p. 145-148.
Physics
Scientific paper
The fine structures of lower thermospheric atomic oxygen and electron density profiles obtained by a rocket experiment were investigated, assuming that these structures are due to a quasimonochromatic internal gravity wave. The height variation of the horizontal wind amplitude is similar to that of the intrinsic horizontal phase speed below ~105 km, implying an evidence of saturation effects. At higher altitudes, the dissipation due to molecular diffusion was suggested. The wavy variation of the intrinsic horizontal phase speed with height can be explained by the mean wind modulation due to an atmospheric tide. The horizontal phase velocity vector inferred is interpreted as a consequence of selective transmission of internal gravity waves in lower atmosphere.
Imamura Takashi
Iwagami Naomoto
Kita Koji
Ogawa Takuro
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