Observations of a large-scale gravity wave propagating over an extremely large horizontal distance in the thermosphere

• Published in: Geophysical research letters Vol. 42; no. 16; pp. 6560 - 6565
• Main Authors: Guo, Jianpeng, Forbes, Jeffrey M., Wei, Fengsi, Feng, Xueshang, Liu, Huixin, Wan, Weixing, Yang, Zhiliang, Liu, Chaoxu, Emery, Barbara A., Deng, Yue
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington Blackwell Publishing Ltd 28.08.2015; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Atmosphere; Auroral zones; Clean energy; Compressed; Detection; Dissipation; Distance; Earth; Energy; Equatorial regions; Geophysics; Gravitation; Gravitational waves; Gravity; gravity wave; Gravity wave propagation; Gravity waves; Horizontal; Inertia; Injection; Phase velocity; Propagation; Satellite tracking; Satellites; SIR; Temperature; Thermosphere; Wave propagation

In this paper we report the detection of a large‐scale gravity wave propagating over an extremely large horizontal distance in the thermosphere on 28 July 2006. Specifically, after being launched at the northern auroral region on the dayside, this wave propagated equatorward with phase speeds on the...