Longitudinal and latitudinal variations in dynamic characteristics of the MLT (70-95 km): A study involving the CUJO network

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 347-365

  Manson, A H ^a   Meek, C E ^a   Chshyolkova, T ^a   Avery, S K ^b   Thorsen, D ^c   MacDougall, J W ^d   Hocking, W ^d   Murayama, Y ^e   Igarashi, K ^e   Namboothiri, S P ^e   Kishore, P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (middle atmosphere dynamics; waves and tides; climatology)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CLIMATOLOGY; GRAVITY WAVE; INSTRUMENTATION; RADAR IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 1342267597     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-347-2004     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Angelats i Coll, M. and Forbes, J. M.: Nonlinear interactions in the upper atmosphere: The s=1 and s=3 nonmigrating semidiurnal tides, J. Geophys. Res., 107, A8, 10.1029/2001JA900179, 2002.
2. Briggs, B. H.: The analysis of spaced sensor records by correlation techniques, in: Handbook for MAP, Vol. 13. SCOSTEP Secr., University of Illinois, Urbana, pp. 166-186, 1984.
3. Charney, J. G. and Drazin, P. G.: Propagation of planetary-scale disturbances from lower into the upper atmosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 66, 83-109, 1961.
4. Clark, R. R., Burrage, M. D., Franke, S. J., Manson, A. H., Meek, C. E., Mitchell, N. J., and Muller, H. G.: Observations of 7-d planetary waves with MLT radars and the UARS-HRDI instrument, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys. 64, 1217-1228, 2002.
5. Forbes, J. M., Hagan, M. E., Miyahara, S., Vial, F., Manson, A. H., Meek, C. E., and Portnyagin, Y. I.: Quasi- 16 day oscillation in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 9149-9163, 1995.
6. Forbes, J. M., Hagan, M. E., Zhang, X., and Hamilton, K.: Upper atmosphere tidal oscillations due to latent heat release in the tropical troposphere, Ann. Geophysicae 15, 1165-1175, 1997.
7. Forbes, J. M., Zhang, X., and Hagan, M. E.: Simulations of diurnal tides due to tropospheric heating from the NCEP/ NCAR Reanalysis Project, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 3851-3854, 2001.
8. Forbes, J. M., Zhang, X., Talaat, E. R., and Ward, W.: Nonmigrating Diurnal Tides in the Thermosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 108, A1, 10.1029/2002JA009262, 2003.
9. Fritts, D. C.: A review of gravity wave saturation processes, effects, and variability in the middle atmosphere, Pure Appl. Geophys. 130, 343-371, 1989.
10. Garcia, R. R. and Solomon, S.: The effect of breaking gravity waves on the dynamics and chemical composition of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 90, 3850-3868, 1985.
11. Gavrilov, N. W., Manson, A. H., and Meek, C. E.: Climatological monthly characteristics of middle atmosphere gravity waves (10 min-10 hrs.) during 1979-1993 at Saskatoon, Ann. Geophysicae 13, 285-295, 1995.
12. Hagan, M. E., Forbes, J. M., and Vial, F: Numerical Investigation of the Propagation of the Quasi 2-Day Wave into the Lower Thermosphere, J. Geophys. Res. 98, 23 193-23 205, 1993.
13. Hagan, M. E. and Roble, R. G.: Modeling diurnal tidal variability with the NCAR TIME- GCM, J. Geophys. Res. 106, 24 869-24 882, 2001.
14. Hocking, W. K. and Thayaparan, T.: Simultaneous and co-located observations of winds and tides by MF and meteor radars over London, Canada (43 N, 81 W) during 1994-1996, Radio Sci., 32, 833-865, 1997.
15. Igarashi, K, Nishimuta, Y., Murayama Y., Tsuda, T., Nakamura T., and Tsutsumi M.: Comparison of wind measurements between the Yamagawa MF radar and the MU radar, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 3341-3344, 1996.
16. Jacobi, Ch., Portnyagin, Y. I., Solovjova, T. V., Hoffmann, P., Singer, W., Fahrutdinova, A. N., Ishmuratov, R. A., Beard, A. G., Mitchell, N. J., Muller, H. G., Schminder, R., Kurschner, D., Manson, A. H., and Meek, C. E.: Climatology of the semidiurnal tide at 52-56°N from ground-based radar wind measurements 1985-1995, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 61, 975-991, 1999.
17. Kumar, P., and Foufoula-Georgiou, E.: Wavelet analysis for geophysical applications, Rev. Geophysics, 35, 385-412, 1997.
18. Luo, Y., Manson, A. H., Meek, C. E., Meyer, C. K., and Forbes, J. M.: The quasi 16-day oscillations in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere at Saskatoon (52 N, 107 W), 1980-1996, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 2125-2138, 2000.
19. Luo, Y., Manson, A. H., Meek, C. E., Igarashi, K., and Jacobi, Ch.: Extra long period (20-40 day) oscillations in the mesospheric and lower thermospheric winds: observations in Canada, Europe and Japan, and considerations of possible solar influences, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 63, 835-852, 2001.
20. Luo, Y.: Influences of Planetary Waves upon the Dynamics of the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere, Ph.D. Thesis, 2002.
21. Luo, Y., Manson, A. H., Meek, C. E., Thayaparan, T., MacDougall, J., and Hocking, W.: The 16-day wave in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere: simultaneous observations at Saskatoon (52 N, 107 W) and London (43 N, 81 W), Canada, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 64, 1287-1307, 2002a.
22. Luo, Y., Manson, A. H., Meek, C. E., Meyer, C. K., Forbes, J. M., Burrage, M. D., Fritts, D. C., Hall, C. M., Hocking, W. K., MacDougall, J., Riggin, D. M., and Vincent, R. A.: The 16-day planetary waves: multi-MF radar observations from the arctic to equator and comparisons with the HRDI measurements and the GSWM modeling results, Ann. Geophysicae, 20, 691-709, 2002b.
23. Manson, A. H., Meek, C. E., Brekke, A., and Moen, J.: Mesosphere and lower thermosphere (80-120 km) winds and tides from near Tromsø (70 N, 19 E): comparisons between radars (MF, EISCAT, VHF) and rockets, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys. 54, 927-950, 1992.
24. Manson, A. H., Yi, F., Hall, C., and Meek, C. E.: Comparisons between instantaneous wind measurements made at Saskatoon (52 N, 107 W) using the co-located medium frequency radars and Fabry-Perot interferometer instruments: climatologies (1988-1992) and case studies, J. Geophys. Res. 101, 29 553-29 563, 1996.
25. Manson, A. H., Meek, C. E., and Zhan, Q.: Gravity wave spectra and direction statistics for the mesosphere as observed by MF radars in the Canadian Prairies (49 N-52 N) and at Tromsø (69 N), J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys. 59, 993-1009, 1997.
26. Manson, A. H., Meek, C. E., Hall, C., Hocking, W. K., MacDougall, J., Franke, S., Igarashi, K., Riggin, D., Fritts, D. C., and Vincent, R. A.: Gravity wave spectra, directions and wave interactions: Global MLT-MFR network, Earth Planets Space 51, 543-562, 1999.
27. Manson, A. H., Meek, C. E., Hagan, M., Koshyk. J., Franke, S., Fritts, D., Hall, C., Hocking, W., Igarashi, K., MacDougall, J., Riggin, D., and Vincent, R.: Seasonal Variations of the Semi-Diurnal and Diurnal Tides in the MLT: Multi-Year MF Radar Observations from 2-70°N, Modelled Tides (GSWM, CMAM), Ann. Geophysicae, 20, 661-677, 2002a.
28. Manson, A. H, Luo, Y., and Meek, C. E.: Global Distributions of Diurnal and Semi- Diurnal Tides, Observations from HRDIUARS of the MLT Region, Ann. Geophysicae, 20, 1877-1890, 2002b.
29. Manson, A. H., Meek, C. E., Koshyk, J., Franke, S., Fritts, D., Riggin, D., Hall, C., Hocking, W., MacDougall, J., Igarashi, K., and Vincent, R. A.: Gravity Wave Activity and Dynamical effects in the Middle Atmosphere (60-90 km): observations from an MF/MLT Radar Network, and results from the Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model (CMAM), J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys. 64, 65-90, 2002c.
30. Manson, A. H., Meek, C. E., Avery, S. K, and Thorsen, D.: Ionospheric and Dynamical Comparisons between Saskatoon (52 N, 107 W) and Platteville (40°N, 105°W), J. Geophys, Res., 108, D13, 4398, doi:10,1029/2002JD002835, 2003.
31. Meek, C. E.: An efficient method for analyzing ionospheric driffts data, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys. 42, 835-839, 1980.
32. Meek, C. E., Reid, I. M., and Manson, A. H.: Observations of Mesospheric Wind Velocities, II, Cross Sections of Power Spectral Density for 48-8 h, 8-1 h, 1 h- 10 min over 60- 110 km for 1981, Radio Science, 20, 1383-1402, 1985.
33. Meek, C. E., Manson, A. H., Franke, S. J., Singer, W., Hoffmann, P., Clark, R. R., Tsuda, T., Nakamura, T., Tsutsumi, M., Hagan, M., Fritts, D. C., Isler, J., and Portnyagin, Y. I.: Global study of Northern Hemisphere quasi 2-day wave events in recent summers near 90 km altitude, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys. 58, 1401-1411, 1996.
34. Meek, C. E., Manson, A. H., Burrage, M. D., Garbe, G., and Cogger, L. L.: Comparisons between Canadian prairie MF radars, FPI (Green and OH lines) and UARS HRDI systems, Ann. Geologysicae 15, 1099-1110, 1997.
35. Meek, C. E. and Manson, A. H.: MF radar spaced antenna experiment: wind variance vs. record length, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys. 63, 181-191, 2001.
36. Meek, C. E., Hocking, W. K., and Manson, A. H.: Private Communication, 2002.
37. Nakamura, T., Tsuda, T., Fukao, S., Kato, S., Manson, A. H., and Meek, C. E.: Comparative observations of short-period gravity waves (10-100 min) in the mesosphere in 1989 by Saskatoon MF radar (52 N), Canada and the MU radar (35 N), Radio Sci. 28, 729-746, 1993.
38. Nozawa, S., Imaida, S., Brekke, A., Hall, C. M., Manson, A., Meek, C., Oyama, S., Dobashi, K., and Fujii, R.: The quasi 2-day wave observed in the polar mesosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 108, D2, 10,1029/2002JD002440, 2003.
39. Pancheva, D. N., Mitchell, N. J., Hagan, M. E., et al.: Global-scale tidal structure in the mesosphere & lower thermosphere during the PSMOS campaign of June-August 1999 and Comparisons with the global-scale wave model, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 64, 1011-1035, 2002.
40. Plumb, R.: Baroclinic instability of the summer mesosphere: a mechanism for the 2-day wave? J. Atmos. Sci. 40, 262-270, 1983.
41. Portnyagin, Y. I. and Solovjova, T. V.: Global empirical wind model for the upper mesosphere/lower thermosphere. I. Prevailing wind, Ann. Geophysicae, 18, 300-315, 2000.
42. Salby, M. L.: Rossby Normal Modes in Nonuniform Background Configurations. Part II: Equinox and Solstice Conditions, American Meteorological Society, 1827-1840, 1981.
43. Salby, M. L. and Callaghan, P. F.: Seasonal amplification of the 2-day wave: relationship between normal mode and instability. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 1858-1869, 2001.
44. Thayaparan, T., Hocking, W. K., and Macdougall, J.: Middle atmospheric winds and tides over London, Canada (43 N, 81 W) during 1992-1993, Radio Sci. 30, 1293-1309, 1995.
45. Thayaparan, T., Hocking, W. K., Macdougall, J., Manson, A. H., and Meek, C. E.: Simultaneous observations of the 2-day wave at London (43°N, 81°W) and Saskatoon (52°N, 107°W) near 91 km altitude during the two years of 1993 and 1994, Ann. Geophysicae 15, 1324-1339, 1997.
46. Thorsen, D., Private Communication, 2002.