Transparency of the atmosphere to short horizontal wavelength gravity waves

P Preusse, SD Eckermann, M Ern - Journal of Geophysical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We use theory and global ray modeling to investigate how the potential of gravity waves to
transport momentum flux globally from the lower atmosphere into the mesosphere and lower …

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 …

Seasonal cycle of gravity wave potential energy densities from lidar and satellite observations at 54 and 69 N

I Strelnikova, M Almowafy… - Journal of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
We present gravity wave climatologies based on 7 years (2012–18) of lidar and Sounding of
the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) temperatures and …

Seasonal variations of the vertical fluxes of heat and horizontal momentum in the mesopause region at Starfire Optical Range, New Mexico

CS Gardner, AZ Liu - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Lidar observations of wind and temperature profiles between 85 and 100 km, conducted at
the Starfire Optical Range (SOR), New Mexico, are used to characterize the seasonal …

Momentum flux estimates accompanying multiscale gravity waves over Mount Cook, New Zealand, on 13 July 2014 during the DEEPWAVE campaign

K Bossert, DC Fritts, PD Pautet… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Observations performed with a Rayleigh lidar and an Advanced Mesosphere Temperature
Mapper aboard the National Science Foundation/National Center for Atmospheric Research …

Rayleigh lidar observations of gravity wave activity in the winter upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere above Davis, Antarctica (69 S, 78 E)

SP Alexander, AR Klekociuk… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Gravity wave activity in the upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere (USLM) is
investigated using temperature data retrieved from a Rayleigh lidar at Davis, Antarctica (69° …

Quantifying gravity wave momentum fluxes with Mesosphere Temperature Mappers and correlative instrumentation

DC Fritts, PD Pautet, K Bossert… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract An Advanced Mesosphere Temperature Mapper and other instruments at the Arctic
Lidar Observatory for Middle Atmosphere Research in Norway (69.3° N) and at Logan and …

Stratospheric gravity wave characteristics and seasonal variations observed by lidar at the South Pole and Rothera, Antarctica

C Yamashita, X Chu, HL Liu, PJ Espy… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We present an observational study of stratospheric gravity wave spectra and seasonal
variations of potential energy density at the South Pole (90° S) and Rothera (67.5° S, 68.0° …

O(1S), OH, and O2(b) airglow layer perturbations due to AGWs and their implied effects on the atmosphere

F Vargas, G Swenson, A Liu… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The O (1S)(green line) night airglow emission in response to atmospheric gravity wave
(AGW) perturbations was simulated with a linear, one‐dimensional model. The results were …

Global analysis for periodic variations in gravity wave squared amplitudes and momentum fluxes in the middle atmosphere

D Chen, C Strube, M Ern, P Preusse… - Annales …, 2019 - angeo.copernicus.org
Atmospheric gravity waves (GWs) are an important coupling mechanism in the middle
atmosphere. For instance, they provide a large part of the driving of long-period atmospheric …