Dynamical cooling induced by dissipating internal gravity waves

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Dec 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981georl...8.1235w&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 8, Dec. 1981, p. 1235-1238. Research sponsored by the Aerospace Corp.

Physics

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Atmospheric Heat Budget, Cooling, Enthalpy, Gravity Waves, Heat Transfer, Internal Waves, Upper Atmosphere, Atmospheric Heating, Energy Dissipation, Thermosphere, Vertical Distribution, Wave Attenuation, Wave Propagation

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The contribution of dissipating internal gravity waves to the thermal balance of the upper atmosphere is examined. The transfer of sensible heat by two-dimensional quasi-static gravity waves is analyzed for the case of a plane, nonrotating atmosphere, and it is shown that the dissipating waves induce a downward flux of sensible heat irrespective of the sense of wave propagation. This flux contributes to warming at lower levels and may even induce a net cooling in regions of the lower thermosphere.

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