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Sodium layers (75–105 km) were measured by Na lidar on three nights from 1 to 3 of March 1996. The lidar data were used to calculate the relative atmospheric density perturbations and their spectra. The average r. m. s. density perturbations for early March at Wuhan are 5%. The Vertical wave number spectra exhibit power-law shapes with an average slpoes of −2. 12 in the upper mesosphere when the associated density mean quantity of the day was used.
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Supported by the Fundation of Chinese Academy of Science
Ai Yong: born in 1958, Ph. D. graduate student
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Yong, A., Su, L., Xunjie, Z. et al. Gravity wave activity and spectra in the upper mesosphere at Wuhan, China during early March 1996. Wuhan Univ. J. Nat. Sci. 3, 49–52 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02827513
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02827513