Thermal structure and gravity waves in the Antarctic middle atmosphere observed by lidar

The IAP iron Doppler lidar has been operated at the Antarctic station Davis (69°S, 78°E) between December 2010 and December 2012. Seasonal variations in the thermal structure above Davis are studied and wave-induced temperature perturbations are analyzed on different time scales. Gravity wave potent...

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Main Author: Kaifler, Bernd (gnd: 142386383)
Other Authors: Lübken, Franz-Josef (gnd: 140754695) AkademischeR BetreuerIn, Hoppe, Ulf-Peter AkademischeR BetreuerIn, Universität Rostock Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät (gnd: 2147083-2) Grad-verleihende Institution
Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
Language:unknown
Published: Universität Rostock Rostock 2014
Subjects:
530 Physics
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarktis*
Online Access:https://rosdok.uni-rostock.de/resolve/id/rosdok_disshab_0000001173
https://doi.org/10.18453/rosdok_id00001352
http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-diss2014-0104-4
http://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00001352
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Summary:The IAP iron Doppler lidar has been operated at the Antarctic station Davis (69°S, 78°E) between December 2010 and December 2012. Seasonal variations in the thermal structure above Davis are studied and wave-induced temperature perturbations are analyzed on different time scales. Gravity wave potential energy densities (GWPED) are computed from stratospheric and mesospheric lidar observations and compared to a simple gravity wave model. It is shown that observed seasonal variations in GWPED are caused by selective filtering of zonally propagating gravity waves.

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