Polar mesosphere and lower thermosphere dynamics: 2. Response to sudden stratospheric warmings

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Dowdy, A., Vincent, R., Tsutsumi, M., Igarashi, K., Murayama, Y., Singer, W., Murphy, D., Riggin, D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Geophysical Union 2007
• Subjects: middle atmosphere dynamics; sudden warmings; planetary and gravity waves; Antarctic; Arctic; Rothera; The Antarctic; Andenes; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/44649; https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JD008127

The dynamical response of the polar mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) to sudden stratospheric warmings is investigated using MF radars at Davis (69°S, 78°E), Syowa (69°S, 40°E) and Rothera (68°S, 68°W) in the Antarctic and Poker Flat (65°N, 147°W) and Andenes (69°N, 16°E) in the Arctic. Mean w...