Articles | Volume 11, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-215-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-215-2018
Research article
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12 Jan 2018
Research article |  | 12 Jan 2018

Intercomparison of AIRS and HIRDLS stratospheric gravity wave observations

Catrin I. Meyer, Manfred Ern, Lars Hoffmann, Quang Thai Trinh, and M. Joan Alexander

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We investigate stratospheric gravity wave observations by the Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) and the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS). Waves seen by AIRS contribute significantly to momentum flux, which indicates a calculated momentum flux factor. AIRS and HIRDLS agree well in the phase structure of the wave events and also in the seasonal and latitudinal patterns of gravity wave activity and can be used complementary to each other.