Impacts of Tropical Convection on the Atmosphere and Ionosphere, Phase 2

Abstract

The aims of this project were to 1) use data acquired in the DAWEX Campaign of 2001 to investigate in detail the generation of gravity waves by intense convection in Northern Australia; 2) use equatorial radar observations of winds in the 70 - 100 km range of the atmosphere to investigate the spectrum of gravity waves reaching the lower thermosphere; and 3) make combined observations of gravity waves and ionospheric irregularities in the central Pacific to see whether gravity wave sources can be identified with the generation of specific equatorial spread-F/plasma bubble events.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 11, 2005
Accession Number
ADA442101

Entities

People

  • Robert Vincent

Organizations

  • University of Adelaide

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmosphere (Earth)
  • Atmospheres
  • Australia
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Christmas Island
  • Convection
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Gravity
  • Gravity Waves
  • High Resolution
  • Ionosphere
  • Observation
  • Ray Tracing
  • Spectra
  • Thermal Diffusivity
  • Thermosphere
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.