Stratospheric gravity wave characteristics and seasonal variations observed by lidar at the South Pole and Rothera, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Other Authors: Yamashita, Chihoko (author), Chu, Xinzhao (author), Liu, Han-Li (author), Espy, Patrick (author), Nott, Graeme (author), Huang, Wentao (author)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2009
• Subjects: South Pole; Rothera; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole; W. Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nldr.library.ucar.edu/repository/collections/OSGC-000-000-002-380; https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JD011472

We present an observational study of stratospheric gravity wave spectra and seasonal variations of potential energy density at the South Pole (90°S) and Rothera (67.5°S, 68.0°W), Antarctica. The gravity wave spectra are derived from the atmospheric relative density perturbation in the altitude range...