Variability of the Brunt–Väisälä frequency at the OH* layer height

Wüst, Sabine; Bittner, Michael; Yee, Jeng-Hwa; Mlynczak, Martin G.; Russell III, James M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4895-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 12

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 10, 4895–4903, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4895-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 10, 4895–4903, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4895-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 12

Research article 14 Dec 2017

Research article | 14 Dec 2017

Variability of the Brunt–Väisälä frequency at the OH* layer height

Sabine Wüst et al.

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Final revised paper (published on 14 Dec 2017)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of amt-2017-191', Christian von Savigny, 20 Jul 2017
- AC1: 'Answerto amt-2017-191-RC1', Sabine Wüst, 26 Sep 2017
RC2: 'amt-2017-191-review', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Jul 2017
- AC2: 'Answer to amt-2017-191-RC2', Sabine Wüst, 26 Sep 2017

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AR by Sabine Wüst on behalf of the Authors (26 Sep 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (01 Oct 2017) by Sheila Kirkwood

AR by Sabine Wüst on behalf of the Authors (09 Oct 2017) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

In the Alpine region, the most dense subnetwork of identical NDMC (Network for the Detection of Mesospheric Change) instruments can be found. With these instruments the mesopause temperature is derived each night. The data can be used for the investigation of the amount of energy which is transported by small-scale atmospheric waves, known as gravity waves, provided that the so-called Brunt–Väisälä frequency is known. Information about the variability of this parameter is provided here.