Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
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Articles | Volume 17, issue 7
Articles | Volume 17, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-2123-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-2123-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 7
Research article
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16 Apr 2024
Research article |  | 16 Apr 2024

Investigation of gravity waves using measurements from a sodium temperature/wind lidar operated in multi-direction mode

Bing Cao and Alan Z. Liu

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A narrow-band sodium lidar measures atmospheric waves but is limited to vertical variations. We propose to utilize phase shifts among observations from different laser beams to derive horizontal wave information. Two gravity wave packets were identified by this method. Both waves were found to interact with thin evanescent layers, partially reflected, but transmitted energy to higher altitudes. The method can detect more medium-frequency gravity waves for similar lidar systems worldwide.
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