An empirical model of nitric oxide in the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere based on 12 years of Odin SMR measurements

Kiviranta, Joonas; Pérot, Kristell; Eriksson, Patrick; Murtagh, Donal

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-13393-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 18

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-13393-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-13393-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 18

Research article

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20 Sep 2018

Research article |

| 20 Sep 2018

An empirical model of nitric oxide in the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere based on 12 years of Odin SMR measurements

Joonas Kiviranta, Kristell Pérot, Patrick Eriksson, and Donal Murtagh

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RC1: 'review of "An empirical model of nitric oxide in the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere based on 12 years of Odin-SMR measurements"', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Mar 2018
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AC1: 'Author Response', Joonas Kiviranta, 09 Jun 2018

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AR by Joonas Kiviranta on behalf of the Authors (09 Jun 2018)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (28 Jun 2018) by William Ward

RR by Bernd Funke (02 Jul 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (09 Jul 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (01 Aug 2018) by William Ward

AR by Joonas Kiviranta on behalf of the Authors (10 Aug 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (20 Aug 2018) by William Ward

AR by Joonas Kiviranta on behalf of the Authors (30 Aug 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

This paper investigates how the activity of the Sun affects the amount of nitric oxide (NO) in the upper atmosphere. If NO descends lower down in the atmosphere, it can destroy ozone. We analyze satellite measurements of NO to create a model that can simulate the amount of NO at any given time. This model can indeed simulate NO with reasonable accuracy and it can potentially be used as an input for a larger model of the atmosphere that attempts to explain how the Sun affects our atmosphere.