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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11683-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11683-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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17 Aug 2018
Research article |
| 17 Aug 2018
| 17 Aug 2018
Climatology of mesopause region nocturnal temperature, zonal wind and sodium density observed by sodium lidar over Hefei, China (32° N, 117° E)
CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
Chao Ban
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
now at: Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Xin Fang
CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
Jing Li
CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
Zhaopeng Wu
CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
Wuhu Feng
School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
NCAS, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
John M. C. Plane
School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Jiangang Xiong
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Daniel R. Marsh
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Michael J. Mills
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Xiankang Dou
CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Seasonal Variations of High-Frequency Gravity Wave Momentum Fluxes and Their Forcing toward Zonal Winds in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere over Langfang, China (39.4° N, 116.7° E) C. Tian et al.
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- Doppler Wind Lidar From UV to NIR: A Review With Case Study Examples M. Shangguan et al.
- Photochemistry on the bottom side of the mesospheric Na layer T. Yuan et al.
- Frequency-stabilized, three-frequency-shifted Nd:YAG laser at 372 nm for iron resonance fluorescence Doppler lidar C. Li et al.
- Proof of concept demonstration of a metastable helium fluorescence lidar for thermospheric wind and temperature measurements B. Kaifler & C. Geach
- Large‐Scale Horizontally Enhanced Sodium Layers Coobserved in the Midlatitude Region of China J. Ma et al.
- Observations of Atmospheric Temperature in the Mesopause Region Using a Na Doppler Lidar and Comparison with SABER Satellite Data over Qingdao, China X. Li et al.
- Climatology of the mesopause relative density using a global distribution of meteor radars W. Yi et al.
- A Comparison of the Midlatitude Nickel and Sodium Layers in the Mesosphere: Observations and Modeling J. Jiao et al.
- Comparison of middle- and low-latitude sodium layer from a ground-based lidar network, the Odin satellite, and WACCM–Na model B. Yu et al.
- Vertical distribution of heat and sodium fluxes in the mesopause region measured by sodium lidar over Hainan, China (109° E, 19° N) X. Wang et al.
- Rayleigh and sodium lidar system incorporating time-division and wavelength-division multiplexing J. Ma et al.
- Pseudo-random modulation continuous-wave lidar for the measurements of mesopause region sodium density F. Li et al.
- A Compact Rayleigh Autonomous Lidar (CORAL) for the middle atmosphere B. Kaifler & N. Kaifler
- Study of Thermodynamic Horizontal Structure of the Middle and Upper Atmosphere Based on Atmospheric Detection Lidar Networks L. Ren et al.
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A total of 154 nights of observations by the USTC Na temperature and wind lidar (32° N, 117° E) suggest significant seasonal variability in the mesopause. Chemistry plays an important role in Na atom formation. More than half of the observed gravity wave (GW) momentum flux (MF), whose divergence determines the GW forcing, is induced by short-period (10 min–2 h) waves. The anticorrelation between MF and zonal wind (U) suggests strong filtering of short-period GWs by semiannual oscillation U.
A total of 154 nights of observations by the USTC Na temperature and wind lidar (32° N,...
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