THE INFLUENCE OF BACKGROUND WINDS ON INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES IN DISSIPATIVE ATMOSPHERE

By using ray-tracing method, features of propagation of internal gravity wavesunder the influence of winds are calculated- The results indicate that the cut-offregion of gravity waves seems not affected by winds, while reflecting and propagat-ing regions are significantly innuenced. The reflecting region reduces when gravitywaves propagate downwind and expands when against wind. In propagating region,propitions winds shorten the attenuation distance of slow gravity waves and reducetheir propagating height, while converse winds lengthen the attenuation distance ofslow gravity waves and rise the attenuation height. Further analysis shows that thediversity of gravity wave propagation features is caused by the effect of winds onthe processes of gravity wave attenuation and reflection.