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Two unusually clear mesospheric gravity wave events were observed by the Boston University all-sky imager and the Argentine airglow spectrometer on two consecutive nights at the El Leoncito Observatory, Argentina (31.8°S, 69.3°W), during August 2001. Both events exhibited brightness amplitudes an order of magnitude above typical values. The first event had the appearance of a large-amplitude (>60% in OH(6-2), 22% in O 2 , and 37% in O( 1 S) emissions (peak to peak), compared to 1-5% typically), upward propagating gravity wave with pronounced nonlinear behavior. The waves also showed noticeably curved wavefronts, indicating that they had originated from a relatively small source region within ∼180 km of El Leoncito. Estimates of the vertical flux of horizontal energy and momentum for the wave event in the OH and O 2 emissions were very large compared to typical values, and they also indicated a high degree of flux divergence over the nominal 8 km altitude between the two layers. The second event occurred on the following night and exhibited a frontal morphology and behavior consistent with an internal ducted gravity wave showing nonlinear behavior akin to a mesospheric bore. The disturbance also had several interesting characteristics; in particular, the propagation speed decreased during its passage across the sky. In addition, a strong vertical temperature gradient due to the semidiurnal tide appeared to influence the occurrence of the bore event. Copyright 2006 by the American Geophysical Union.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Characterization of exceptionally strong mesospheric wave events using all-sky and zenith airglow observations
Autor:Smith, S.M.; Scheer, J.; Reisin, E.R.; Baumgardner, J.; Mendillo, M.
Filiación:Center for Space Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio, Consejo de Investigaciones Científícas y Técnicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Center of Space Physics, Boston University, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, United States
Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio, CONICET, Ciudad Universitaria, C.C.67, Suc. 28, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Año:2006
Volumen:111
Número:9
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005JA011197
Título revista:Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Título revista abreviado:J. Geophys. Res. A. Space Phys.
ISSN:21699402
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_21699402_v111_n9_p_Smith

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Smith, S.M., Scheer, J., Reisin, E.R., Baumgardner, J. & Mendillo, M. (2006) . Characterization of exceptionally strong mesospheric wave events using all-sky and zenith airglow observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 111(9).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005JA011197
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Smith, S.M., Scheer, J., Reisin, E.R., Baumgardner, J., Mendillo, M. "Characterization of exceptionally strong mesospheric wave events using all-sky and zenith airglow observations" . Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 111, no. 9 (2006).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005JA011197
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Smith, S.M., Scheer, J., Reisin, E.R., Baumgardner, J., Mendillo, M. "Characterization of exceptionally strong mesospheric wave events using all-sky and zenith airglow observations" . Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, vol. 111, no. 9, 2006.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005JA011197
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Smith, S.M., Scheer, J., Reisin, E.R., Baumgardner, J., Mendillo, M. Characterization of exceptionally strong mesospheric wave events using all-sky and zenith airglow observations. J. Geophys. Res. A. Space Phys. 2006;111(9).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005JA011197