Mesosphere inversion layers and stratosphere temperature enhancements

JW Meriwether, AJ Gerrard - Reviews of Geophysics, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
It has been known for at least 30 years that vertically narrow thermal layers form within the
middle atmosphere. Two types of temperature enhancements, the low‐latitude to midlatitude …

Gravity wave breaking associated with mesospheric inversion layers as measured by the Ship-Borne BEM Monge lidar and ICON-MIGHTI

R Wing, M Martic, C Triplett, A Hauchecorne… - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
During a recent 2020 campaign, the Rayleigh lidar aboard the Bâtiment d'Essais et de
Mesures (BEM) Monge conducted high-resolution temperature measurements of the upper …

Gravity wave dynamics in a mesospheric inversion layer: 1. Reflection, trapping, and instability dynamics

DC Fritts, B Laughman, L Wang… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
An anelastic numerical model is employed to explore the dynamics of gravity waves (GWs)
encountering a mesosphere inversion layer (MIL) having a moderate static stability …

TIMED/SABER observations of lower mesospheric inversion layers at low and middle latitudes

Q Gan, SD Zhang, F Yi - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We present the global distribution, seasonal, and interannual variations of the lower
mesospheric inversion layers (MILs) using SABER (Sounding of the Atmosphere using …

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 …

Temporal structure of thermal inversions in Łeba (Poland)

M Czarnecka, J Nidzgorska-Lencewicz… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2019 - Springer
This study presents the detailed characteristics of thermal inversions based on a 10-year
aerological measurement series (2005–2014) conducted in Łeba (Poland). The analyses …

Updated climatology of mesospheric temperature inversions detected by Rayleigh lidar above Observatoire de Haute Provence, France, using a K-mean clustering …

M Ardalan, P Keckhut, A Hauchecorne, R Wing… - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
A climatology of Mesospheric Inversion Layers (MIL) has been created using the Rayleigh
lidar located in the south of France at L'Observatoire de Haute Provence (OHP). Using …

Rayleigh lidar observation of a warm stratopause over a tropical site, Gadanki (13.5° N; 79.2° E)

V Sivakumar, B Morel, H Bencherif… - Atmospheric …, 2004 - acp.copernicus.org
The first Rayleigh lidar observation of a stratopause warming over a tropical site, Gadanki
(13.5° N; 79.2° E), is presented in this paper. The warming event was observed on 22-23 …

A climatology of planetary wave‐driven mesospheric inversion layers in the extratropical winter

JA France, VL Harvey, CE Randall… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Mesospheric inversion layers (MILs) are a useful diagnostic to simultaneously investigate
middle atmosphere radiation, chemistry, and dynamics in high‐top general circulation …

Tropical mesopause: Is it always close to 100 km?

M Venkat Ratnam, AK Patra… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Global distribution of mesopause using observations of Sounding of the Atmosphere using
Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) aboard the Thermosphere‐Ionosphere …