Gravity wave activity and spectra in the upper mesosphere at Wuhan, China during early March 1996

Sodium layers (75–105 km) were measured by Na lidar on three nights from 1 to 3 of March 1996. The lidar data were used to calculate the relative atmospheric density perturbations and their spectra. The average r. m. s. density perturbations for early March at Wuhan are 5%. The Vertical wave number spectra exhibit power-law shapes with an average slpoes of −2. 12 in the upper mesosphere when the associated density mean quantity of the day was used. Supported by the Fundation of Chinese Academy of Science Ai Yong: born in 1958, Ph. D. graduate student