Correlative radar and airborne sodium lidar observations of the vertical and horizontal structure of gravity waves near the mesopause

K. H. Kwon, C. S. Gardner, S. K. Avery, J. P. Avery

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Abstract

Both radar and lidar identified a 6-hour wave that was remarkably coherent during the November campaign. The vertical wavelength of the 6-hour wave estimated from the radar data was 8 to 9 km, the amplitude of the zonal wind component was 10 m s-1, and the amplitude of the meridional wind component was 4 m s-1. The vertical wavelength estiamted from the ground-based and airborne lidar data was 7.3 km, and the amplitude of the scalar horizontal wind ranged from 13 to 16 m s-1. The zonal wavelength of this wave was approximately 772 km, and the intrinsic zonal phase velocity was 35 m s-1 westward. The 6-hour wave was dominated in the height range of 80-90 km, which corresponds to the bottomside of the Na layer. -from Authors

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)13,737-13,748
JournalJournal of Geophysical Research
Volume95
Issue numberD9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1990

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Materials Chemistry

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