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Linear theory of the response of Na mixing ratio to gravity waves

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The influence of gravity waves on the sodium layer is studied by using a linear photochemical-dynamical coupling gravity wave model. The model includes the background photochemistry and the photochemical reactions in the sodium layer. The amplitude and phase difference of the response of sodium mixing ratio to gravity waves are calculated. The results indicate that the lower part of sodium layer is the most sensitive region responding to gravity waves. The perturbation of sodium mixing ratio is in phase with temperature in the lower part of the layer. However, it is out of phase with temperature fluctuation in the upper part.

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  1. Laboratory for Space Weather, Center for Space Science and Applied Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100080, Beijing, China

    Jiyao Xu, Qiao Ji & Mingliang Wu

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Xu, J., Ji, Q. & Wu, M. Linear theory of the response of Na mixing ratio to gravity waves. Chin. Sci. Bull. 48, 1630–1633 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03183973

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