Gravity wave generation, propagation, and dissipation in the thermosphere

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Sep 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978jgr....83.4131r&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 83, Sept. 1, 1978, p. 4131-4145.

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Atmospheric Attenuation, Gravity Waves, Thermosphere, Wave Propagation, Atmospheric Models, Atmospheric Temperature, Energy Transfer, Lorentz Force, Magnetic Disturbances

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The paper considers large-scale gravity waves in the thermosphere and their ability to transfer energy from high to low latitudes during magnetic disturbances. The gravity wave source is assumed to be either the Lorentz force of auroral electrojet currents or else a heat input due to energetic particle precipitation or to Joule heating. An analytic model of small-amplitude wave generation by a current source shows the dependence of the energy production on the temporal and spatial dimensions of the source, on the electric field strength, and on the electron density enhancement. The effect of the steep thermospheric temperature gradient on the Lorentz force of Hall currents, the Lorentz force of Pedersen currents, and on Joule heating is examined.

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