Concentric waves and short‐period oscillations observed in the ionosphere after the 2013 Moore EF5 tornado

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  • Michi Nishioka
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Tokyo Japan
  • Takuya Tsugawa
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Tokyo Japan
  • Minoru Kubota
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Tokyo Japan
  • Mamoru Ishii
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Tokyo Japan

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公開日
2013-11-04
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  • http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor
DOI
  • 10.1002/2013gl057963
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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<jats:p>We detected clear concentric waves and short‐period oscillations in the ionosphere after an Enhanced Fujita scale (EF)5 tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma, U.S., on 20 May 2013 using dense wide‐coverage ionospheric total electron content (TEC) observations in North America. These concentric waves were nondispersive, with a horizontal wavelength of ~120 km and a period of ~13 min. They were observed for more than 7 h throughout North America. TEC oscillations with a period of ~4 min were also observed to the south of Moore for more than 8 h. A comparison between the TEC observations and infrared cloud image from the GOES satellite indicates that the concentric waves and short‐period oscillations are caused by supercell‐induced atmospheric gravity waves and acoustic resonances, respectively. This observational result provides the first clear evidence of a severe meteorological event causing atmospheric waves propagating upward in the upper atmosphere and reaching the ionosphere.</jats:p>

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