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Ahmadov & Kunitsyn 2004
Ahmadov, R.R. and Kunitsyn, V.E. (2004). Simulation of generation and propagation of acoustic gravity waves in the atmosphere during a rocket flight. International Journal of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy 5: doi: 10.1029/2004GI000064. issn: 1524-4423.

A model is created for the simulation of generation and propagation to large horizontal distances of the atmosphere waves generated by supersonic rocket flight. For this purpose, the system of two-dimensional nonlinear equations of the geophysical fluid dynamics was solved by the numerical method. It was found that a rocket flight excites a wide spectrum of waves in the atmosphere: from high-frequency acoustic waves to low-frequency internal gravity waves propagating to thousands kilometers without considerable attenuation. We simulated the ionospheric disturbances generated by propagation of these waves, taking into account the geomagnetic field influence. The analysis of our results and their comparison to the experimental data show that our model makes it possible to predict more correctly and in detail the properties of the atmospheric and ionospheric disturbances generated by rocket launchings.

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Keywords
Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Middle atmosphere—constituent transport and chemistry, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Pressure, density, and temperature, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Numerical modeling and data assimilation, Acoustic gravity waves (AGW), Generation of AGW, Rocket launchings
Journal
International Journal of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy
Publisher
American Geophysical Union
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