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Atmospheric Internal Gravity Waves Caused by Tsunamis over Kuril Islands

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MODIS (Aqua and Terra) space images of the northwest part of the Pacific Ocean at instants of considerable tsunamis in 2009–2011 have been analyzed. Periodic cloud structures typical for internal gravity waves (IGWs) in the atmosphere have been revealed in the region of the Kuril Islands in five cases. It has been shown that the meteorological conditions observed during those events favored the appearance of such phenomena. The continuous oceanic upwelling in the region of the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench is a favorable factor for IGW generation due to the creation of temperature contrasts observed both in warm and cold seasons between the ground layer of the atmosphere and ocean surface. The estimate of the structure of cloud manifestations of atmospheric waves by satellite images testifies also to the influence of the Kuril Ridge orography on their appearance and propagation over the water area under study. The increase in amplitudes and duration of oscillations caused by the tsunami in the shelf zone can be an auxiliary factor for the IGW generation over coastal territories.

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  1. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, 634055, Russia

    A. V. Skorokhodov

  2. Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 693022, Russia

    G. V. Shevchenko

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Skorokhodov, G.V. Shevchenko, 2018, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Fizika Atmosfery i Okeana, 2018, Vol. 54, No. 4, pp. 428–436.

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Skorokhodov, A.V., Shevchenko, G.V. Atmospheric Internal Gravity Waves Caused by Tsunamis over Kuril Islands. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 54, 364–371 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433818040308

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