On the origin of the mesospheric quasi-stationary planetary  waves in the unusual Arctic winter 2015/2016

Matthias, Vivien; Ern, Manfred

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4803-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4803-2018

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Sources, propagation, dissipation and impact of gravity waves...

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4803-2018

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Articles | Volume 18, issue 7

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09 Apr 2018

Research article |

| 09 Apr 2018

On the origin of the mesospheric quasi-stationary planetary waves in the unusual Arctic winter 2015/2016

Vivien Matthias and Manfred Ern

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RC1: 'acp-2017-1051', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Jan 2018
- AC1: 'Answers to Referee #1', Vivien Matthias, 04 Mar 2018
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Jan 2018
- AC2: 'Answers to Referee #2', Vivien Matthias, 04 Mar 2018
RC3: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 29 Jan 2018
- AC3: 'Answers to Referee #3', Vivien Matthias, 04 Mar 2018

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AR by Vivien Wendt on behalf of the Authors (04 Mar 2018) Author's response Manuscript

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The aim of this study is to find the origin of mesospheric stationary planetary wave (SPW) in the subtropics and in mid and polar latitudes in mid winter 2015/2016. Our results based on observations show that upward propagating SPW and in situ generated SPWs by longitudinally variable gravity wave drag and by instabilities can be responsible for the occurrence of mesospheric SPWs and that they can act at the same time, which confirms earlier model studies.