Simultaneous Observations of Mesoscale Gravity Waves Over the Central US with CRRL Na Doppler Lidars and USU Temperature Mapper

Xian Lu; Cao Chen; Wentao Huang; John A. Smith; Jian Zhao; Xinzhao Chu; Tao Yuan; Pierre-Dominique Pautet; Mike J. Taylor

doi:10.1051/epjconf/201611913003

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Volume 119 (2016)

EPJ Web of Conferences, 119 (2016) 13003

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Issue		EPJ Web of Conferences Volume 119, 2016 The 27^th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 27)


Article Number		13003
Number of page(s)		4
Section		Poster Session (Middle Atmosphere)
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611913003
Published online		07 June 2016

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[1] Holton, J. R., 1983: The influence of gravity wave breaking on the circulation of the middle atmosphere, J. Atmos. Sci., 40, 2497-2507. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[2] Zhang, F., 2004: Generation of mesoscale gravity waves in the upper-tropospheric jet-front systems, J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 440–457. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[3] Alexander, M. J., 1998: Interpretations of observed climatological patterns in stratospheric gravity wave variance, J. Geophys. Res., 103(D8), 8627–8640. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[4] Smith, J. A., W. Fong, B. Roberts, W. Huang and X. Chu, 2012: Very high-resolution Na Doppler lidar at Boulder, Colorado, Proc. 26th International Laser Radar Conference, 151-154. [Google Scholar]

[5] Yuan, T., et al., 2013: Coordinated investigation of summer time mid-latitude descending E layer (Es) perturbations using Na lidar, ionosonde, and meteor wind radar observations over Logan, Utah (41.7°N, 111.8°W), J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 1734–1746. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[6] Pautet, P.-D., et al., 2014: An advanced mesospheric temperature mapper for high-latitude airglow studies, Appl. Opt., 53(26), 5934–5943. [Google Scholar]

[7] Vadas, S. L., 2013: Compressible f-plane solutions to body forces, heatings, and coolings, and application to the primary and secondary gravity waves generated by a deep convective plume, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 118, 2377–2397, doi:10.1002/jgra.50163. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[8] Lu, X., et al., 2009: Gravity wave propagation and dissipation from the stratosphere to the lower thermosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D11101. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[9] Lu, X., et al., 2015: Vertical evolution of potential energy density and vertical wave number spectrum of Antarctic gravity waves from 35 to 105 km at McMurdo (77.8°S, 166.7°E), J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, doi:10.1002/2014JD022751. [Google Scholar]