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Mesoscale weather influenced by auroral gravity waves contributing to conditional symmetric instability release?
Physics Department, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
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Travelling ionospheric disturbances are plasma density fluctuations usually driven by atmospheric gravity waves in the neutral atmosphere. The aim of this study is to attribute multi-instrument observations of travelling ionospheric disturbances to gravity waves generated in the upper atmosphere at high latitudes or gravity waves generated by tropospheric weather systems at mid latitudes.
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The solar wind interaction with Earth’s magnetic field deposits energy into the upper portion of the atmosphere at high latitudes. The coupling process that modulates the ionospheric convection and intensity of ionospheric currents leads to formation of densely ionized patches convecting across the polar cap. The ionospheric currents launch traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs) propagating equatorward. The polar cap patches and TIDs are then observed by networks of radars and GPS receivers.
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Climate change is affecting the stability of the atmosphere and increasing the occurrence of extreme rainfall and floods, which pose natural hazards with major socio-economic and health impacts. We show that such events tend to follow arrivals of high-speed solar wind. The role of atmospheric waves generated in the auroral region as the mechanism mediating the influence of solar wind coupling to the magnetosphere–ionosphere–atmosphere system on the troposphere is highlighted.
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Revised manuscript under review for ANGEO
Short summary
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Travelling ionospheric disturbances are plasma density fluctuations usually driven by atmospheric gravity waves in the neutral atmosphere. The aim of this study is to attribute multi-instrument observations of travelling ionospheric disturbances to gravity waves generated in the upper atmosphere at high latitudes or gravity waves generated by tropospheric weather systems at mid latitudes.
Paul Prikryl, Robert G. Gillies, David R. Themens, James M. Weygand, Evan G. Thomas, and Shibaji Chakraborty
Ann. Geophys., 40, 619–639, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-40-619-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-40-619-2022, 2022
Short summary
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The solar wind interaction with Earth’s magnetic field deposits energy into the upper portion of the atmosphere at high latitudes. The coupling process that modulates the ionospheric convection and intensity of ionospheric currents leads to formation of densely ionized patches convecting across the polar cap. The ionospheric currents launch traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs) propagating equatorward. The polar cap patches and TIDs are then observed by networks of radars and GPS receivers.
Paul Prikryl, Vojto Rušin, Emil A. Prikryl, Pavel Šťastný, Maroš Turňa, and Martina Zeleňáková
Ann. Geophys., 39, 769–793, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-769-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-769-2021, 2021
Short summary
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Climate change is affecting the stability of the atmosphere and increasing the occurrence of extreme rainfall and floods, which pose natural hazards with major socio-economic and health impacts. We show that such events tend to follow arrivals of high-speed solar wind. The role of atmospheric waves generated in the auroral region as the mechanism mediating the influence of solar wind coupling to the magnetosphere–ionosphere–atmosphere system on the troposphere is highlighted.
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Short summary
We consider possible influence on severe weather occurrence by aurorally excited atmospheric gravity waves generated by solar wind coupling to the magnetosphere-ionosphere-atmosphere system. The results indicate that these gravity waves contribute to the release of instabilities in frontal zones of extratropical cyclones leading to convection and heavy precipitation. It is observed that severe snowstorms and flash floods tend to occur following arrivals of solar wind high-speed streams.
We consider possible influence on severe weather occurrence by aurorally excited atmospheric...
