Articles | Volume 14, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-7199-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-7199-2021
Research article
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17 Nov 2021
Research article |  | 17 Nov 2021

Four-dimensional mesospheric and lower thermospheric wind fields using Gaussian process regression on multistatic specular meteor radar observations

Ryan Volz, Jorge L. Chau, Philip J. Erickson, Juha P. Vierinen, J. Miguel Urco, and Matthias Clahsen

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on amt-2021-40', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Mar 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Ryan Volz, 30 Apr 2021
    • AC7: 'Further Reply on RC1', Ryan Volz, 16 Sep 2021
  • CC1: 'Comment on amt-2021-40', Chris Meek, 27 Mar 2021
    • AC2: 'Reply on CC1', Ryan Volz, 01 May 2021
      • CC2: 'Reply on AC2', Chris Meek, 03 May 2021
        • AC3: 'Reply on CC2', Ryan Volz, 06 May 2021
  • CC3: 'Comment on amt-2021-40', Gunter Stober, 18 Jun 2021
    • AC4: 'Reply on CC3', Ryan Volz, 24 Jun 2021
      • CC4: 'Reply on AC4', Gunter Stober, 25 Jun 2021
        • CC5: 'Reply on CC4', Gunter Stober, 25 Jun 2021
        • AC5: 'Reply on CC4', Ryan Volz, 25 Jun 2021
          • CC6: 'Reply on AC5', Gunter Stober, 28 Jun 2021
            • AC8: 'Reply on CC6', Ryan Volz, 16 Sep 2021
      • CC7: 'Reply on AC4', Aaron Smith, 29 Jun 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on amt-2021-40', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Aug 2021
    • AC6: 'Reply on RC2', Ryan Volz, 16 Sep 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
AR by Ryan Volz on behalf of the Authors (05 Oct 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (18 Oct 2021) by Markus Rapp
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Short summary
We introduce a new way of estimating winds in the upper atmosphere (about 80 to 100 km in altitude) from the observed Doppler shift of meteor trails using a statistical method called Gaussian process regression. Wind estimates and, critically, the uncertainty of those estimates can be evaluated smoothly (i.e., not gridded) in space and time. The effective resolution is set by provided parameters, which are limited in practice by the number density of the observed meteors.