Gravity Wave Interactions and Effects in the Middle and Upper Atmosphere: Recent Progress and Outstanding Issues

Physics

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

3332 Mesospheric Dynamics, 3334 Middle Atmosphere Dynamics (0341, 0342), 3379 Turbulence (4490), 3384 Acoustic-Gravity Waves, 4490 Turbulence (3379, 4568, 7863)

Scientific paper

Gravity waves are now recognized to have significant influences on the large-scale structure and variability throughout the atmosphere. In the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT), these effects can be dramatic and include 1) vigorous wave breaking, turbulence generation, and local boding forcing, 2) strong forcing of the mean circulation and thermal structure, and 3) significant filtering by and interactions with tidal and planetary waves. Gravity wave influences also extend to significantly higher altitudes, though these are less quantified at this time. Potential influences at these higher altitudes include seeding of plasma instabilities, local body forces and heating, and mapping of MLT influences to higher altitudes, all of which are also anticipated to exhibit significant solar cycle variations.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Gravity Wave Interactions and Effects in the Middle and Upper Atmosphere: Recent Progress and Outstanding Issues does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Gravity Wave Interactions and Effects in the Middle and Upper Atmosphere: Recent Progress and Outstanding Issues, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Gravity Wave Interactions and Effects in the Middle and Upper Atmosphere: Recent Progress and Outstanding Issues will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-753914

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.