Signature of gravity wave propagations from the troposphere to ionosphere

Takahashi, Hisao; Figueiredo, Cosme A. O. B.; Essien, Patrick; Wrasse, Cristiano M.; Barros, Diego; Nyassor, Prosper K.; Paulino, Igo; Egito, Fabio; Rosa, Geangelo M.; Sampaio, Antonio H. R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-40-665-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-40-665-2022

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01 Dec 2022

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| 01 Dec 2022

Signature of gravity wave propagations from the troposphere to ionosphere

Hisao Takahashi, Cosme A. O. B. Figueiredo, Patrick Essien, Cristiano M. Wrasse, Diego Barros, Prosper K. Nyassor, Igo Paulino, Fabio Egito, Geangelo M. Rosa, and Antonio H. R. Sampaio

Data sets

MSIS-E-90 Atmospheric model CCMC https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/modelweb/models/msis_vitmo.php

GOES satellite data CPTEC http://satelite.cptec.inpe.br/home/index.jsp

Airglow image data EMBRACE https://www2.inpe.br/climaespacial/portal/video-imagem-original/

Short summary

We observed two different wave propagations in the earth’s upper atmosphere: a gravity wave in the mesosphere and the ionospheric disturbances. We investigated the wave propagations by using airglow imaging techniques. It is found that there was a gravity wave generation from the tropospheric convection spot, and it propagated upward in the ionosphere. This reports observational evidence of gravity wave propagation from the troposphere to ionosphere.