Responses of polar mesospheric cloud brightness to stratospheric gravity waves at the South Pole and Rothera, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
• Other Authors: Chu, Xinzhao (author), Yamashita, Chihoko (author), Espy, Patrick (author), Nott, Graeme (author), Jensen, Eric (author), Liu, Han-Li (author), Huang, Wentao (author), Thayer, Jeffrey (author)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2009
• Subjects: Polar mesospheric clouds; Gravity waves; Lidar; Antarctica; Stratosphere; Austral; Rothera; South Pole; Antarc*; South pole; W. Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nldr.library.ucar.edu/repository/collections/OSGC-000-000-003-024; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2008.10.002

We present the first observational proof that polar mesospheric cloud (PMC) brightness responds to stratospheric gravity waves (GWs) differently at different latitudes by analyzing the Fe Boltzmann lidar data collected from the South Pole and Rothera (67.5°S, 68.0°W), Antarctica. Stratospheric GW st...