Articles | Volume 25, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-13769-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-13769-2025
Research article
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27 Oct 2025
Research article |  | 27 Oct 2025

Convection-generated gravity waves in the tropical lower stratosphere from Aeolus wind profiling, GNSS-RO, and ERA5 reanalysis

Mathieu Ratynski, Sergey Khaykin, Alain Hauchecorne, M. Joan Alexander, Alexis Mariaccia, Philippe Keckhut, and Antoine Mangin

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Pertubation Profiles Dataset Mathieu Ratynski https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8113261

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This study investigates how tropical convection generates gravity waves, which play a key role in transporting energy across the atmosphere. By combining Aeolus satellite data with ERA5 reanalysis data and radio occultation measurements, we identified significant wave activity overlooked by ERA5, particularly over the Indian Ocean. Aeolus fills major gaps in wind data, offering a clearer picture of wave dynamics and challenging assumptions about their behavior, thereby improving climate models.
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