Planetary waves in the upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere during 2009 Arctic major stratospheric warming

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: Kishore, P., Velicogna, I., Venkat Ratnam, M., Jiang, J. H, Madhavi, G. N
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2012
• Subjects: Physical Sciences and Mathematics; Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics; Middle atmosphere dynamics; empirical mode decomposition; EOS MLS; interannual variability; Antarctic mesosphere; northern-hemisphere; lower thermosphere; quasi-2-day wave; Hilbert spectrum; aura satellite; water-waves; Antarctic; Arctic; Merra; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/8wr0h6kz

The AURA-MLS daily mean temperatures and zonal wind from NASA-MERRA reanalysis for latitudes between 60° N and 80° N are used to investigate the planetary wave (PW) characteristics in the stratosphere and lower mesosphere during sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) (November 2008 to March 2009). Here,...