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Research article
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12 Aug 2024
Research article |
| 12 Aug 2024
| 12 Aug 2024
Limitations in wavelet analysis of non-stationary atmospheric gravity wave signatures in temperature profiles
Robert Reichert
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Meteorological Institute Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Natalie Kaifler
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Bernd Kaifler
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
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Imagine you want to determine how quickly the pitch of a passing ambulance’s siren changes. If the vehicle is traveling slowly, the pitch changes only slightly, but if it is traveling fast, the pitch also changes rapidly. In a similar way, the wind in the middle atmosphere modulates the wavelength of atmospheric gravity waves. We have investigated the question of how strong the maximum wind may be so that the change in wavelength can still be determined with the help of wavelet transformation.
Imagine you want to determine how quickly the pitch of a passing ambulance’s siren changes. If...
