Retrieval of intrinsic mesospheric gravity wave parameters using lidar and airglow temperature and meteor radar wind data

Reichert, Robert; Kaifler, Bernd; Kaifler, Natalie; Rapp, Markus; Pautet, Pierre-Dominique; Taylor, Michael J.; Kozlovsky, Alexander; Lester, Mark; Kivi, Rigel

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5997-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5997-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5997-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

Research article

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19 Nov 2019

Research article |

| 19 Nov 2019

Retrieval of intrinsic mesospheric gravity wave parameters using lidar and airglow temperature and meteor radar wind data

Robert Reichert, Bernd Kaifler, Natalie Kaifler, Markus Rapp, Pierre-Dominique Pautet, Michael J. Taylor, Alexander Kozlovsky, Mark Lester, and Rigel Kivi

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RC1: 'Referee comments - Reichert et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Jun 2019
- AC2: 'Final author's response to referee #2', Robert Reichert, 20 Aug 2019
RC2: 'Referee comments - Reichert et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 28 Jun 2019
- AC1: 'Author's final response to anonymous referee #1', Robert Reichert, 20 Aug 2019

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ED: Publish as is (24 Sep 2019) by Alyn Lambert

Short summary

To determine gravity wave properties like wavelengths, periods and propagation directions at mesospheric altitudes (∼ 86 km) we combine lidar and airglow temperature and meteor radar wind data. By means of wavelet transformation we investigate the wave field and determine intrinsic wave properties as functions of time and period. We are able to identify several gravity wave packets by their distinct propagation and discover a superposition with possible wave–wave and wave–mean-flow interaction.