The relationship between polar mesospheric clouds and their background atmosphere as observed by Odin-SMR and Odin-OSIRIS

Christensen, Ole Martin; Benze, Susanne; Eriksson, Patrick; Gumbel, Jörg; Megner, Linda; Murtagh, Donal P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-12587-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 19

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-12587-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-12587-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 19

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10 Oct 2016

Research article |

| 10 Oct 2016

The relationship between polar mesospheric clouds and their background atmosphere as observed by Odin-SMR and Odin-OSIRIS

Ole Martin Christensen, Susanne Benze, Patrick Eriksson, Jörg Gumbel, Linda Megner, and Donal P. Murtagh

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RC1: 'Review of Christensen et al. (2016)', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Jul 2016
RC2: 'Review of manuscript, “The relationship between Polar Mesospheric Clouds and their background atmosphere as observed by Odin-SMR and Odin-OSIRIS” by O. M. Christen sen et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Jul 2016
AC1: 'Reply to referees', Ole Martin Christensen, 09 Sep 2016

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This study investigates the properties of ice clouds forming in the upper summer mesosphere known as polar mesospheric clouds, and their relationship with the background atmosphere combining two different satellite instruments. We find that temperature variations in the atmosphere of the order of some hours reduce the amount of ice in these clouds and see indications of strong vertical transport in these clouds.