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McIntosh & ReVelle 1984
McIntosh, B.A. and ReVelle, D.O. (1984). Traveling atmospheric pressure waves measured during a solar eclipse. Journal of Geophysical Research 89: doi: 10.1029/JD089iD03p04953. issn: 0148-0227.

An array of microbarographs near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, detected traveling pressure waves at a time and with a direction of motion that indicates an association with the solar eclipse of February 26, 1979. The velocity was 10 m/s moving toward azimuth 65¿; the wave period and amplitude were approximately 120 s and 12.0 Pa, respectively; the duration of the wave train was approximately 3 hours. The probability that it was a free gravity wave is examined and rejected. A plausible source mechanism similar to the low level nocturnal jet is suggested.

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