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Stockwell & Lowe 2001
Stockwell, R.G. and Lowe, R.P. (2001). Airglow imaging of gravity waves: 1. Results from a small network of OH nightglow scanning imagers. Journal of Geophysical Research 106: doi: 10.1029/2001JD900035. issn: 0148-0227.

Images of the variations of OH nightglow intensities have been recorded by a three-station network of scanning radiometers in southwestern Ontario during the period from May until September 1998. Each radiometer performs a 16 by 16 point raster scan of the night sky every minute, turning itself on and off when the solar depression angle is <6¿. The horizontal phase velocity, horizontal wavelength, and frequency of the internal gravity waves are derived from the OH intensity measurements using joint time-frequency analysis techniques, including the S transform, localized cross-spectral analysis, and generalized instantaneous frequency. The ensemble of gravity waves seen in all three instruments are analyzed and observed to have a strong dependence in their propagation direction with the majority of waves seen at each of the three sites having a horizontal wave vector in the northeast direction. The most common parameters observed for horizontal phase speed is 45 m/s, horizontal wavelength is 25 km, and period is 10 min. ¿ 2001 American Geophysical Union

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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Airglow and aurora, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Mesospheric dynamics, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Middle atmosphere dynamics (0341, 0342), Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Waves and tides
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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