Dynamics & Coupling of the Mesosphere & Lower Thermosphere - Studies with Meteor Radar & EISCAT
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Bath
Department Name: Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Abstract
The mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) is that part of the atmosphere at heights of ~ 50 / 110 km. This project will use an array of sophisticated meteor radars, the international EISCAT radar in Scandinavia, the NASA Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere satellite and three numerical models to study the winds, tides and waves of the MLT and to investigate how they control Polar Mesospheric Clouds. A particular focus of the work will be to understand how solar variability influences the atmosphere at these heights and to study how coupling processes connect the MLT to the underlying lower atmosphere and the upper atmosphere above
Organisations
Publications
Beldon C
(2009)
Gravity waves in the mesopause region observed by meteor radar, 2: Climatologies of gravity waves in the Antarctic and Arctic
in Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
Cho Y
(2011)
A study of temperature and meridional wind relationships at high northern latitudes
in Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
Day K
(2010)
The 5-day wave in the Arctic and Antarctic mesosphere and lower thermosphere
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Day K
(2010)
The 16-day wave in the Arctic and Antarctic mesosphere and lower thermosphere
in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Lieberman R
(2017)
Global observations of 2 day wave coupling to the diurnal tide in a high-altitude forecast-assimilation system
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
McCormack J
(2017)
Comparison of mesospheric winds from a high-altitude meteorological analysis system and meteor radar observations during the boreal winters of 2009-2010 and 2012-2013
in Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
Mitchell N
(2009)
Gravity waves in the mesopause region observed by meteor radar: 1. A simple measurement technique
in Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
Sandford D
(2010)
Dynamics of the Antarctic and Arctic mesosphere and lower thermosphere - Part 1: Mean winds
in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Smirnova M
(2010)
Polar mesosphere summer echoes with ESRAD, Kiruna, Sweden: Variations and trends over 1997-2008
in Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
Tunbridge V
(2009)
The two-day wave in the Antarctic and Arctic mesosphere and lower thermosphere
in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics