2004), High Arctic observations of mesospheric inversion layers, Geophys
[1] Rayleigh lidar measurements of middle atmospheric temperatures obtained in the High Arctic at Eureka (80N, 86W) are examined for evidence of mesospheric inversion layers with overlying nearly-adiabatic lapse rates. Inversion layers are identified in 5.4 ± 0.5 % of the measurements, a rate consid...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.494.8763 2023-05-15T14:37:32+02:00 2004), High Arctic observations of mesospheric inversion layers, Geophys Thomas J. Duck Michael D. Greene The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.494.8763 http://aolab.phys.dal.ca/publications/grl2004.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.494.8763 http://aolab.phys.dal.ca/publications/grl2004.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://aolab.phys.dal.ca/publications/grl2004.pdf doi 10.1029/2003GL018481 text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T08:43:05Z [1] Rayleigh lidar measurements of middle atmospheric temperatures obtained in the High Arctic at Eureka (80N, 86W) are examined for evidence of mesospheric inversion layers with overlying nearly-adiabatic lapse rates. Inversion layers are identified in 5.4 ± 0.5 % of the measurements, a rate considerably lower than is observed at midlatitudes. The altitude distribution for the Arctic inversions is similar to that found at midlatitudes. No phase progression or relationship with stratospheric gravity wave activity was found. The observations have important consequences for theories of the mesospheric inversion Text Arctic Unknown Arctic Eureka ENVELOPE(-85.940,-85.940,79.990,79.990) |
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