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Mesospheric gravity wave activity estimated via airglow imagery, multistatic meteor radar, and SABER data taken during the SIMONe–2018 campaign
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Jorge L. Chau
Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics and the University of Rostock, 18225 Kühlungsborn, Germany
Harikrishnan Charuvil Asokan
Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics and the University of Rostock, 18225 Kühlungsborn, Germany
Laboratoire de Mécanique des Fluides et d'Acoustique, CNRS, École Centrale de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, INSA de Lyon, Écully, France
Michael Gerding
Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics and the University of Rostock, 18225 Kühlungsborn, Germany
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We study large- and small-scale gravity wave cases observed in both airglow imagery and meteor radar data obtained during the SIMONe campaign carried out in early November 2018. We calculate the intrinsic features of several waves and estimate their impact in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere region via transferring energy and momentum to the atmosphere. We also associate cases of large-scale waves with secondary wave generation in the stratosphere.
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