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The properties of acoustic-gravity waves in the polar regions of the Earth’s thermosphere have been studied. It has been shown that the change in AGW amplitudes occurs against the background of large-scale rotational movements of the medium in the polar thermosphere. The amplitudes of waves increase with AGW propagation against the motion of the medium and decrease when AGW propagate along rotation. An analytical expression for the gain coefficient of AGW perturbations is obtained; the wave’s amplification effect in the opposite wind given the characteristic parameters of the thermosphere is estimated. The results are consistent with the measurements of AGW parameters in the polar regions from the “Dynamic Explorer 2” satellite.)
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Original Russian Text © E.I. Kryuchkov, O.K. Cheremnykh, A.K. Fedorenko, 2017, published in Kinematika i Fizika Nebesnykh Tel, 2017, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 41–53.
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Kryuchkov, E.I., Cheremnykh, O.K. & Fedorenko, A.K. Properties of acoustic-gravity waves in the Earth’s polar thermosphere. Kinemat. Phys. Celest. Bodies 33, 122–129 (2017). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0884591317030047
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