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Tidal and gravity waves study from the airglow measurements at Kolhapur (India)

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Simultaneous photometric measurements of the OI 557.7 nm and OH (7, 2) band from a low latitude station, Kolhapur (16.8°N, 74.2°E) during the period 2004–2007 are analyzed to study the dominant waves present in the 80–100 km altitude region of the atmosphere. The nocturnal intensity variations of different airglow emissions are observed using scanning temperature controlled filter photometers. Waves having period lying between 2 and 12 hours have been recorded. Some of these waves having subharmonic tidal oscillation periods 4, 6, 8 and 12 hours propagate upward with velocity lying in the range 1.6–11.3 m/s and the vertical wave length lying between 28.6 and 163 kms. The other waves may be the upward propagating gravity waves or waves resulting from the interaction of inter-mode tidal oscillations, interaction of tidal waves with planetary waves and gravity waves. Some times, the second harmonic wave has higher vertical velocity than the corresponding fundamental wave. Application of these waves in studying the thermal structure of the region is discussed.

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RNG thanks the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, New Delhi for providing financial assistance to carry out the research in the upper atmosphere under the scientific collaboration program between IIG, Navi Mumbai and Shivaji University, Kolhapur and also thanks the Director, IIG Mumbai for constant encouragement and extending necessary facilities. This work is partially supported by the collaboration with IITM Pune, BHU Varanasi and Kolhapur under the CAWSES program. DS thanks to Prof. BN Goswami, Director, IITM for his kind support. The authors wish to thank the anonymous reviewers for their critical comments which helped to improve the paper.

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  1. Medium Frequency Radar, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Shivaji University Campus, Kolhapur, 416 004, India

    R N GHODPAGE & G K MUKHERJEE

  2. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, 411 008, India

    DEVENDRAA SIINGH

  3. Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, India

    R P SINGH

  4. Geophysical Services, Makarpura Road, ONGC, Vadodara, 390 009, India

    P VOHAT

  5. Department of Physics, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, 226 007, India

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GHODPAGE, R.N., SIINGH, D., SINGH, R.P. et al. Tidal and gravity waves study from the airglow measurements at Kolhapur (India). J Earth Syst Sci 121, 1511–1525 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-012-0240-4

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