Seasonal variations of gravity wave structures in OH airglow with a CCD imager at Shigaraki
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- Nakamura T.
- Radio Atmospheric Science Center, Kyoto University
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- Higashikawa A.
- Radio Atmospheric Science Center, Kyoto University
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- Tsuda T.
- Radio Atmospheric Science Center, Kyoto University
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- Matsushita Y.
- Radio Atmospheric Science Center, Kyoto University
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A wideview CCD imager for OH airglow observations was operated at the MUradar site in Shigaraki, Japan (35°N, 136°E). From the 18 months' observation, dominant gravity wave components in the OH images are extracted, and seasonal variation of the characteristics of the waves is investigated. These waves typically have short horizontal wavelengths (5 km-60 km) and short periods (5 min-30 min), with horizontal phase speeds of 0-100 m/s. All the wave events are separated into two groups by a boundary of a horizontal wavelength of 17.5 km, which is close to the boundary between ripples and bands. For the waves with larger horizontal wavelengths, the horizontal propagation direction showed clear seasonal variation with summer eastward and winter westward preferences, with a change of direction in mid-March and at the end of September. This suggests that these waves are propagated from the lower atmosphere and filtered in the middle atmosphere by the mean winds. However, the small scale waves propagate in almost all azimuths with a slight seasonal variation. Therefore, in-situ generation would be the major source of such waves although the wavelength as a physical boundary between the two groups could be smaller than 17.5 km. The seasonal variation of the wave parameters especially between summer/winter and equinoctial months is also discussed. The waves with small horizontal wavelengths (<15 km), longer periods (>10 min), and slow horizontal phase speeds (<30 m/s) are mainly seen in summer/winter.
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- Earth, Planets and Space
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Earth, Planets and Space 51 (7-8), 897-906, 1999
地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会 、公益社団法人 日本地震学会、特定非営利活動法人 日本火山学会、日本測地学会、日本惑星科学会
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- AA11211921
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- 18805981
- 13438832
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