Investigation of sources of gravity waves observed in the Brazilian equatorial region on 8 April 2005

Dare-Idowu, Oluwakemi; Paulino, Igo; Figueiredo, Cosme A. O. B.; Medeiros, Amauri F.; Buriti, Ricardo A.; Paulino, Ana Roberta; Wrasse, Cristiano M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-507-2020

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7th Brazilian meeting on space geophysics and aeronomy

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Investigation of sources of gravity waves observed in the Brazilian equatorial region on 8 April 2005

Oluwakemi Dare-Idowu, Igo Paulino, Cosme A. O. B. Figueiredo, Amauri F. Medeiros, Ricardo A. Buriti, Ana Roberta Paulino, and Cristiano M. Wrasse

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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-507-2020-supplement

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Appearance of gravity waves in the OH airglow images Oluwakemi Dare-Idowu https://doi.org/10.5446/45320

Short summary

Some strong gravity wave activity occurred and was observed on 8 April 2005. This work reports the spectral characteristics of these waves using OH airglow images captured by the all-sky imager installed at São João do Cariri (7.4° S, 36.5° W). A preferential propagation direction was observed due to the positioning of the source and also due to the wind filtering effect. Furthermore, the source of these waves was identified by performing reverse-ray tracing analysis.