Global dynamics of the MLT

AK Smith - Surveys in Geophysics, 2012 - Springer
The transition between the middle atmosphere and the thermosphere is known as the MLT
region (for mesosphere and lower thermosphere). This area has some characteristics that …

The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission: Overview and early science results

JM Russell III, SM Bailey, LL Gordley, DW Rusch… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2009 - Elsevier
The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission was launched from Vandenberg Air
Force Base in California at 1: 26: 03 PDT on April 25, 2007 becoming the first satellite …

Lidar observations of stratospheric gravity waves from 2011 to 2015 at McMurdo (77.84 S, 166.69 E), Antarctica: 1. Vertical wavelengths, periods, and frequency and …

J Zhao, X Chu, C Chen, X Lu, W Fong… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Five years of atmospheric temperature data, collected with an Fe Boltzmann lidar by the
University of Colorado group from 2011 to 2015 at Arrival Heights, are used to characterize …

Mesopause structure from thermosphere, ionosphere, mesosphere, energetics, and dynamics (TIMED)/sounding of the atmosphere using broadband emission …

J Xu, HL Liu, W Yuan, AK Smith… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Energetics, and Dynamics (TIMED)/Sounding of
the Atmosphere Using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) temperature observations …

The cloud imaging and particle size experiment on the Aeronomy of Ice in the mesosphere mission: Instrument concept, design, calibration, and on-orbit performance

WE McClintock, DW Rusch, GE Thomas… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2009 - Elsevier
The Cloud Imaging and Particle Size Experiment (CIPS) is one of three instruments aboard
the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere spacecraft. CIPS provides panoramic ultraviolet …

Updated PMC trends derived from SBUV data

MT DeLand, GE Thomas - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Previous analysis of polar mesospheric clouds (PMCs) observed by Solar Backscatter
Ultraviolet (SBUV) instruments found that long‐term variations in PMC brightness and …

Stratospheric and solar cycle effects on long‐term variability of mesospheric ice clouds

FJ Lübken, U Berger… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Model results of mesospheric ice layers and background conditions at 69° N from 1961 to
2008 are analyzed. The model nudges to European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather …

Long-term variations of noctilucent clouds at ALOMAR

J Fiedler, G Baumgarten, U Berger… - Journal of Atmospheric and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Noctilucent clouds (NLC) are measured by the Rayleigh/Mie/Raman-lidar at the ALOMAR
research facility in Northern Norway (69° N, 16° E) since 1994. The data set contains about …

First lidar observations of polar mesospheric clouds and Fe temperatures at McMurdo (77.8 S, 166.7 E), Antarctica

X Chu, W Huang, W Fong, Z Yu, Z Wang… - Geophysical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We report the first lidar observations of polar mesospheric clouds (PMCs) and temperatures
made with an Fe Boltzmann lidar at McMurdo, Antarctica in summer 2010–2011. Eighty‐five …

NLC observations during one solar cycle above ALOMAR

J Fiedler, G Baumgarten, FJ Lübken - Journal of atmospheric and solar …, 2009 - Elsevier
Between 1997 and 2007 noctilucent clouds (NLC) have been observed by the Arctic Lidar
Observatory for Middle Atmosphere Research (ALOMAR) Rayleigh/Mie/Raman (RMR) lidar …