Observations of planetary waves in the mesosphere-lower thermosphere during stratospheric warming events

Stray, N. H.; Orsolini, Y. J.; Espy, P. J.; Limpasuvan, V.; Hibbins, R. E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-4997-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-4997-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-4997-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 9

Research article

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04 May 2015

Research article |

| 04 May 2015

Observations of planetary waves in the mesosphere-lower thermosphere during stratospheric warming events

N. H. Stray, Y. J. Orsolini, P. J. Espy, V. Limpasuvan, and R. E. Hibbins

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RC C74: 'Review report on ACP-2014-779', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Feb 2015
- AC C823: 'Reply to reviewer #2', Nora Stray, 16 Mar 2015
RC C234: 'Review of “ Observations of PW activity in the MLT during SSW events using a chain of SuperDARN radars and SD-WACCM”', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Feb 2015
- AC C824: 'Reply to reviewer #1', Nora Stray, 16 Mar 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Nora Stray on behalf of the Authors (17 Mar 2015) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (27 Mar 2015) by Quentin Errera

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (06 Apr 2015)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (07 Apr 2015)

ED: Publish as is (14 Apr 2015) by Quentin Errera

AR by Nora Stray on behalf of the Authors (15 Apr 2015)

Short summary

Planetary wave activity measured in the mesosphere to lower thermosphere is shown to increase drastically after strong stratospheric polar cap wind reversals associated with sudden stratospheric warmings. In addition, a moderate but significant correlation was found between planetary wave enhancement in the mesosphere to lower thermosphere and all stratospheric polar cap wind reversals, irrespective of the strength of the reversal.