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Inertia-gravity waves play an increasingly important role in the middle atmosphere dynamics. As a result, more attention has been paid to the study of inertia-gravity waves, especially to the middle atmosphere gravity waves. This paper presents some aspects of inertia-gravity waves with emphasis on the propagation. Two methods are used here, namely, geometric optical method and physical optical method. We can see from the study that inertia-gravity waves are similar to planetary waves in some respects and they are different from planetary waves in others.
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Xingyu, Z., Qingcun, Z. & Ronghui, H. The propagation of inertia-gravity waves and their influence on mean zonal flow, part one: the propagation of inertia-gravity waves. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 8, 431–446 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02919266
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02919266