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Shiokawa et al. 2003

Shiokawa, K., Ejiri, M.K., Ogawa, T., Yamada, Y., Fukunishi, H., Igarashi, K. and Nakamura, T. (2003). A localized structure in OH airglow images near the mesopause region. Journal of Geophysical Research 108: doi: 10.1029/2002JD002462. issn: 0148-0227.

An intense localized airglow-depletion structure was observed in OH airglow images (emission altitude ~86 km) at Shigaraki (34.9¿, 136.1¿) on 19 December 1998. The structure was a single-band airglow depletion with a small horizontal width (~15 km) but a large amplitude (~34% from the average intensity). Airglow rotational temperature indicated a large temperature lapse rate at this time as a result of strong semidiurnal variation. We suggest that nonlinear wave-wave interaction is the most likely cause of this localized structure.

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Keywords
Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Airglow and aurora, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Convective processes, 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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