Potential for the measurement of mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) wind, temperature, density and geomagnetic field with  Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder 2 (SMILES-2)

Baron, Philippe; Ochiai, Satoshi; Dupuy, Eric; Larsson, Richard; Liu, Huixin; Manago, Naohiro; Murtagh, Donal; Oyama, Shin-ichiro; Sagawa, Hideo; Saito, Akinori; Sakazaki, Takatoshi; Shiotani, Masato; Suzuki, Makoto

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-219-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-219-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-219-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 1

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20 Jan 2020

Research article |

| 20 Jan 2020

Potential for the measurement of mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) wind, temperature, density and geomagnetic field with Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder 2 (SMILES-2)

Philippe Baron, Satoshi Ochiai, Eric Dupuy, Richard Larsson, Huixin Liu, Naohiro Manago, Donal Murtagh, Shin-ichiro Oyama, Hideo Sagawa, Akinori Saito, Takatoshi Sakazaki, Masato Shiotani, and Makoto Suzuki

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RC1: 'Review of "... Measurement of wind etc. with SMILES-2" by Baron et al.', Hugh C. Pumphrey, 07 Aug 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to reviewer 1', Philippe Baron, 15 Nov 2019
- AC3: 'Revised manuscript', Philippe Baron, 15 Nov 2019
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 12 Nov 2019
- AC2: 'Reply to reviewer 3', Philippe Baron, 15 Nov 2019

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AR by Philippe Baron on behalf of the Authors (15 Nov 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Nov 2019) by Christian von Savigny

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (12 Dec 2019) by Christian von Savigny

AR by Philippe Baron on behalf of the Authors (12 Dec 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder 2 (SMILES-2) is a satellite mission proposed in Japan to probe the middle and upper atmosphere (20–160 km). The key products are wind, temperature and density. If selected, this mission could provide new insights into vertical coupling in the atmosphere and could help improve weather and climate models. We conducted simulation studies to assess the measurement performances in the altitude range 60–110 km, with a special focus on the geomagnetic effects.