GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, 2017, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 60-66. DOI: 10.21455/gr2017.3-5

UDC 551.511.3: 551.509.313.11

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GENERATION OF ATMOSPHERIC INTERNAL WAVES INDUCED BY INHOMOGENEITIES IN GRAVITY FIELD 

L.Kh. Ingel(1), A.A. Makosko(2)

(1) Research and Production Association “Typhoon”, Obninsk, Russia

(2) Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Abstract. It is shown that inhomogeneities in gravity field affecting the horizontal wind may cause the generation of internal gravity waves in atmosphere. The simple analytical model is considered and theoretical estimates of characteristics of such wave are obtained. 

Keywords: inhomogeneities in gravity field, atmospheric disturbances, analytical model, internal gravity waves.

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