Articles | Volume 15, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-2709-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-2709-2015
Research article
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10 Mar 2015
Research article |  | 10 Mar 2015

Evidence for tropospheric wind shear excitation of high-phase-speed gravity waves reaching the mesosphere using the ray-tracing technique

M. Pramitha, M. Venkat Ratnam, A. Taori, B. V. Krishna Murthy, D. Pallamraju, and S. Vijaya Bhaskar Rao

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ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (04 Feb 2015) by William Ward
AR by M. Venkat Ratnam on behalf of the Authors (12 Feb 2015)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (14 Feb 2015) by William Ward
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Short summary
Sources and propagation characteristics of high-frequency gravity waves observed in the mesosphere using airglow emissions from Gadanki and Hyderabad, India, are investigated using reverse ray tracing. Wave amplitudes are also traced back, including both radiative and diffusive damping. Interestingly, large vertical shears in the horizontal wind are noticed near the ray terminal points (at 10-12km altitude) and are thus identified to be the source for generating the observed gravity waves.
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