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Abstract:

We first study the seasonal and geographical behavior of gravity wave activity in the lower stratosphere over the southernmost Andes mountains and their prolongation in the Antarctic Peninsula by global positioning system (GPS) radio occultation (RO) temperature profiles, obtained between years 2002 and 2005 by the CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload (CHAMP) mission. The observed features complement observations in the same zone by other satellite passive remote sensing instruments, which are able to detect different height regions and other spectral intervals of the wave spectrum. Comparisons with previous GPS RO studies in smaller areas than the one covered in our analysis are also established. Significant seasonal variation of wave activity is observed in our work, in agreement with results from other instruments. The locations of significant cases indicate that topography is an important source. Some strong wave activity is also found over open ocean. Critical level filtering is shown to have an attenuation effect, implying that a large fraction of the observed activity can be considered to be an outcome of mountain waves. The studied region has a significant advantage as compared to other regions of our planet: it generates wavefronts nearly aligned with the North-South direction (almost parallel to the mountains), whereby this geometry favors the wave detection by the nearly meridional line of sight characterizing most of the GPS RO observations used. A distribution of the observed gravity waves in terms of amplitudes and wavelengths is also presented.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:A gravity waves study close to the Andes mountains in Patagonia and Antarctica with GPS radio occultation observations
Autor:Alexander, P.; Luna, D.; Llamedo, P.; De La Torre, A.
Filiación:Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palabras clave:Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Middle atmosphere dynamics; Waves and tides); atmospheric dynamics; atmospheric tide; atmospheric wave; GPS; gravity wave; open ocean; satellite mission; seasonal variation; stratosphere; temperature profile; wave attenuation; Andes; Antarctica; Patagonia
Año:2010
Volumen:28
Número:2
Página de inicio:587
Página de fin:595
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/angeo-28-587-2010
Título revista:Annales Geophysicae
Título revista abreviado:Ann. Geophys.
ISSN:09927689
PDF:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/download/paper/paper_09927689_v28_n2_p587_Alexander.pdf
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_09927689_v28_n2_p587_Alexander

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Alexander, P., Luna, D., Llamedo, P. & De La Torre, A. (2010) . A gravity waves study close to the Andes mountains in Patagonia and Antarctica with GPS radio occultation observations. Annales Geophysicae, 28(2), 587-595.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/angeo-28-587-2010
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Alexander, P., Luna, D., Llamedo, P., De La Torre, A. "A gravity waves study close to the Andes mountains in Patagonia and Antarctica with GPS radio occultation observations" . Annales Geophysicae 28, no. 2 (2010) : 587-595.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/angeo-28-587-2010
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Alexander, P., Luna, D., Llamedo, P., De La Torre, A. "A gravity waves study close to the Andes mountains in Patagonia and Antarctica with GPS radio occultation observations" . Annales Geophysicae, vol. 28, no. 2, 2010, pp. 587-595.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/angeo-28-587-2010
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Alexander, P., Luna, D., Llamedo, P., De La Torre, A. A gravity waves study close to the Andes mountains in Patagonia and Antarctica with GPS radio occultation observations. Ann. Geophys. 2010;28(2):587-595.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/angeo-28-587-2010