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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5997-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5997-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
19 Nov 2019
Research article |
| 19 Nov 2019
| 19 Nov 2019
Retrieval of intrinsic mesospheric gravity wave parameters using lidar and airglow temperature and meteor radar wind data
Robert Reichert
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Bernd Kaifler
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Natalie Kaifler
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Markus Rapp
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Meteorologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
Pierre-Dominique Pautet
Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences and Physics Department, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
Michael J. Taylor
Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences and Physics Department, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
Alexander Kozlovsky
Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, University of Oulu, Sodankylä, Finland
Mark Lester
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University Leicester, Leicester, UK
Rigel Kivi
Space and Earth Observation Centre, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Sodankylä, Finland
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Latest update: 18 May 2025
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.
To determine gravity wave properties like wavelengths, periods and propagation directions at...
