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Gravity waves in the middle atmosphere: recent progress and needed studies
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Fritts, D. C. |
| Copyright Year | 1986 |
| Description | The recent recognition of the important role played by gravity waves in the large-scale circulation and thermal structure of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere has stimulated considerable research on their properties and their middle atmosphere effects. For example, these studies have begun to provide important information on gravity wave scales, propagation, filtering, and the processes responsible for saturation and turbulent diffusion. There remain, however, many areas in which our current understanding of middle atmosphere gravity waves is deficient. The purpose here is to review the progress that has been made to date and to suggest areas in which additional studies are most needed. Gravity wave scales, gravity wave saturation mechanisms, turbulence production and turbulent diffusion, and distribution of gravity wave energies and momentum fluxes with height and time are discussed. |
| File Size | 370489 |
| Page Count | 6 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19870001000 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3b041t0d |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1986-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Atmospheric Circulation Thermosphere Atmospheric Turbulence Middle Atmosphere Atmospheric Diffusion Momentum Time Height Distribution Property Gravity Waves Meteorology Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
