Study of the upper atmosphere dynamics using highly sensitive multi-point optical instruments

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We have obtained various interesting results on the dynamical variations of the upper atmosphere at altitudes of 80-300 km using multi-point observation of nighttime airglow by 5 Fabry-Perot interferometers and more than 10 al-sky airglow imagers at Russia, Canada, Japan, Norway, Indonesia, Thailand, and Australia. Outstanding examples of the results are (1) various dynamical variations of medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances at subauroral latitudes, (2) evidence of duct propagation of small-scale gravity waves in the mesopause region, (3) evidence of a typhoon-induced small-scale gravity wave propagation to the mesopause region, and (4) relationship of eastward propagation of equatorial plasma bubbles and eastward thermospheric wind.