MSX satellite observations of thunderstorm-generated gravity waves in mid-wave infrared images of the upper stratosphere

Autor:	John D. Mill, Edward Richards, Robert R. O'Neil, W. O. Gallery, E. M. Dewan, Michael Kendra, J. J. Gibson, H.A.B. Gardiner, Richard H. Picard
Rok vydání:	1998
Předmět:	Convection Meteorology Gravitational wave Wave propagation Storm Geophysics Physics::Geophysics Thunderstorm General Earth and Planetary Sciences Satellite Gravity wave Stratosphere Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics Geology
Zdroj:	Geophysical Research Letters. 25:939-942
ISSN:	0094-8276
DOI:	10.1029/98gl00640
Popis:	Data from the Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) has provided the first observations of thunderstorm-generated gravity waves imaged from space. Gravity wave theory predicts that isolated, sufficiently convective thunderstorms can launch waves and create a unique intensity pattern of concentric circles on a radiating surface of constant altitude above such a storm. Among the MSX constant-nadir-angle mid-wave infrared (MWIR) observations, two instances of such patterns have been identified. It was confirmed from meteorological satellite images that highly convective isolated thunderstorms occurred at the locations and times expected.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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