11 Years of Rayleigh Lidar Observations of Gravity Wave Activity Above the Southern Tip of South America

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
• Main Authors: Llamedo, Pablo, Salvador, J., de la Torre, Alejandro, Quiroga, J., Alexander, P., Hierro, Rodrigo, Schmidt, T., Pazmiño, A., Quel, E.
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Meteorología y Ciencias Atmosféricas; Lidar; Gravity waves activity; Polar vortex; GPS RO; SABER; Southen South America; Stratosphere; Argentina; Gallegos; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://digital.cic.gba.gob.ar/handle/11746/11835

Gravity wave (GW) activity is analyzed using temperature (T) data retrieved from a Rayleigh light detection and ranging (lidar) at Río Gallegos, Argentina (51.6°S, 69.3°W). GW characteristics are derived from 302 nights of observations providing more than 1,018 hr of high-resolution lidar data betwe...