Observations of gravity waves in the upper and lower stratosphere by lidar and ozonesondes
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Title (Dublin Core)
Observations of gravity waves in the upper and lower stratosphere by lidar and ozonesondes
Description (Dublin Core)
Lidar observations of Rayleigh backscatter and temperature profiles measured by ozonesondes have been used to investigate gravity waves in the upper and lower stratosphere, respectively, over Aberystwyth (52.4°N, 4.1°W). Both data sets have been used to investigate the vertical wavenumber spectrum of the wave field at high wavenumbers. Similar analytic techniques applied to each data set enable direct comparison of the spectra. The possibility of laminar structures generated by differential advection contaminating gravity-wave fields deduced from temperature and/or density measurement is discussed and the behaviour of the wave-field mean potential energy reveals a seasonal cycle throughout the stratosphere with a late winter maximum and a summer minimum.
Creator (Dublin Core)
Mitchell, N. J.
McDonald, A. J.
Reid, S. J.
Price, J. D.
Date (Dublin Core)
2018-09-27
Type (Dublin Core)
Text
Format (Dublin Core)
application/pdf
Identifier (Dublin Core)
10.1007/s00585-996-0309-y
https://angeo.copernicus.org/articles/14/309/1996/
Source (Dublin Core)
eISSN: 1432-0576
Language (Dublin Core)
eng
