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Characteristics Of Convective Sources Of Gravity Waves And Sprites Present In Satellite Ir Images During The Spreadfex 2005 Campaign, F. T. São Sabbas, V. T. Rampinelli, J. Santiago, P. Stamus, S. L. Vadas, D. C. Fritts, Michael J. Taylor, Pierre-Dominique Pautet, G. Dolif Neto, O. Pinto
Characteristics Of Convective Sources Of Gravity Waves And Sprites Present In Satellite Ir Images During The Spreadfex 2005 Campaign, F. T. São Sabbas, V. T. Rampinelli, J. Santiago, P. Stamus, S. L. Vadas, D. C. Fritts, Michael J. Taylor, Pierre-Dominique Pautet, G. Dolif Neto, O. Pinto
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We developed a technique to identify and estimate the size, intensity, and Tropopause overshoot of thunderstorm convective cores expected to be significant sources of gravity waves. The work was based on GOES IR images of South America on the night of 30 September to 1 October and 25–26 October 2005, as part of the Spread F Experiment (SpreadFEx) in Brazil in 2005. We also characterized, for the first time, the convective activity of three small TLE producing thunderstorms that yielded 11 TLEs on 25–26 October 2005. The campaign occurred during the dry to wet season transition in central Brazil, marked …