Middle atmospheric structure, dynamics, and coupling from three decades of Indian MST radar and complimentary observations: An overview

MV Ratnam - Advances in Space Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The genesis for Indian Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) radar came
from the Indian Middle Atmospheric Programme (IMAP) to study the middle atmospheric …

TIMED/SABER observations of global gravity wave climatology and their interannual variability from stratosphere to mesosphere lower thermosphere

SR John, KK Kumar - Climate dynamics, 2012 - Springer
The present study for the first time reports the global gravity wave activity in terms of their
potential energy derived from TIMED/SABER observations right from the stratosphere to the …

Long-term trend analysis and climatology of tropical cirrus clouds using 16 years of lidar data set over Southern India

AK Pandit, HS Gadhavi… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
Sixteen-year (1998–2013) climatology of cirrus clouds and their macrophysical (base height,
top height and geometrical thickness) and optical properties (cloud optical thickness) …

Lidar measurements of stratosphere‐mesosphere thermal structure at a low latitude: Comparison with satellite data and models

V Siva Kumar, PB Rao… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Making use of 240 nights of Rayleigh lidar data collected over March 1998 to July 2001, we
present the general characteristics of low‐latitude middle atmospheric temperature structure …

HIRDLS observations of gravity wave momentum fluxes over the monsoon regions

CJ Wright, JC Gille - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Measurements from the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS) on NASA's
Aura satellite are used to quantify gravity wave momentum fluxes generated from monsoon …

[PDF][PDF] Validation of the COSMIC Radio Occultation Data over Gadanki (13.48° N, 79.2° E): A Tropical Region.

DN Rao, MV Ratnam, S Mehta, D Nath… - … & Oceanic Sciences, 2009 - academia.edu
Con stel la tion Ob serv ing Sys tem for Me te o rol ogy Ion o sphere and Cli mate (COS MIC),
con sist ing of six Low Earth Or bit (LEO) Global Po si tion Sys tem (GPS) re ceiv ers, on …

Lidar observations of cirrus cloud near the tropical tropopause: General features

SVS Kumar, K Parameswaran, BVK Murthy - Atmospheric Research, 2003 - Elsevier
General features of high-altitude cirrus clouds observed below the tropical tropopause are
studied using lidar at Gadanki (13.5° N, 79.2° E). These clouds occur quite frequently over …

Lidar observations of cirrus cloud near the tropical tropopause: temporal variations and association with tropospheric turbulence

K Parameswaran, SV Sunilkumar, BVK Murthy… - Atmospheric …, 2003 - Elsevier
Cirrus clouds forming just below the tropical tropopause and associated atmospheric
turbulence are studied using a monostatic lidar and Mesosphere–Stratosphere …

A quantitative study on the role of gravity waves in driving the tropical Stratospheric Semiannual Oscillation

TM Antonita, G Ramkumar, KK Kumar… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Using a coordinated experimental observation under Middle Atmospheric Dynamics
(MIDAS) program, an extensive study is carried out to quantify the role of gravity waves in …

Middle atmospheric temperature structure over two tropical locations, Chung Li (25 N, 121 E) and Gadanki (13.5 N, 79.2 E)

JB Nee, S Thulasiraman, WN Chen, MV Ratnam… - Journal of atmospheric …, 2002 - Elsevier
Middle atmospheric temperature profiles were presented from the Nd: YAG Lidar
measurements over Chung Li (25° N, 121° E), Taiwan, and Gadanki (13.5° N, 79.2° E) …