Multi-instrument gravity-wave measurements over Tierra del Fuego and the Drake  Passage – Part 1: Potential energies and vertical wavelengths from AIRS,  COSMIC, HIRDLS, MLS-Aura, SAAMER, SABER and radiosondes

Wright, Corwin J.; Hindley, Neil P.; Moss, Andrew C.; Mitchell, Nicholas J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-877-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-877-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-877-2016

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Multi-instrument gravity-wave measurements over Tierra del Fuego and the Drake Passage – Part 1: Potential energies and vertical wavelengths from AIRS, COSMIC, HIRDLS, MLS-Aura, SAAMER, SABER and radiosondes

Corwin J. Wright, Neil P. Hindley, Andrew C. Moss, and Nicholas J. Mitchell

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SC C2492: 'Referee Comment', Marvin Geller, 09 Aug 2015
- RC C3317: 'Referee Comment', Marvin A. Geller, 19 Oct 2015
  - AC C4374: 'Response to Reviewer 1 (Prof. M Geller)', Corwin Wright, 17 Dec 2015
RC C3945: 'Comments on C. J. Wright et al. 2015 Multi-instrument gravity-wave measurements over Tierra del Fuego and the Drake Passage, Part 1', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Nov 2015
- AC C4377: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Corwin Wright, 17 Dec 2015

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Seven gravity-wave-resolving instruments (satellites, radiosondes and a meteor radar) are used to compare gravity-wave energy and vertical wavelength over the Southern Andes hotspot. Several conclusions are drawn, including that limb sounders and the radar show strong positive correlations. Radiosondes and AIRS weakly anticorrelate with other instruments and we see strong correlations with local stratospheric winds. Short-timescale variability is larger than the seasonal cycle.