Tomographic retrieval of water vapour and temperature around polar mesospheric clouds using Odin-SMR

Christensen, O. M.; Eriksson, P.; Urban, J.; Murtagh, D.; Hultgren, K.; Gumbel, J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1981-2015

Articles | Volume 8, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1981-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1981-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 5

Research article

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06 May 2015

Research article |

| 06 May 2015

Tomographic retrieval of water vapour and temperature around polar mesospheric clouds using Odin-SMR

O. M. Christensen, P. Eriksson, J. Urban, D. Murtagh, K. Hultgren, and J. Gumbel

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Final revised paper (published on 06 May 2015)
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RC C4306: 'Reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Dec 2014
RC C4472: 'Review referee #2', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Jan 2015
AC C4944: 'Reprocessing data thanks to reviewers comments', Ole Martin Christensen, 19 Feb 2015

Short summary

Polar mesospheric clouds are clouds that form in the summer polar mesopause, 80km above the surface. In this study we present new measurements by the Odin satellite, which are able to determine water vapour, temperature and cloud coverage with a high resolution and a large geographical coverage. Using these data we can see structures in the clouds and background atmosphere that have not been detectable by previous measurements.