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Research article
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28 Jun 2018
Research article |
| 28 Jun 2018
| 28 Jun 2018
Production and transport mechanisms of NO in the polar upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere in observations and models
Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Linda Megner
Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Daniel R. Marsh
National Centre for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Christine Smith-Johnsen
Section for Meteorology and Oceanography (MetOs), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Birkeland Centre for Space Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Short summary
The mechanisms that produce, destroy and transport nitric oxide (NO) in the Antarctic mesosphere and lower thermosphere are investigated in AIM-SOFIE satellite observations and compared to SD-WACCM simulations. During winter, NO concentrations are most similar while the altitude of maximum NO number densities is most separated. Even though the rate of descent is similar in both datasets, the simulated descending NO flux is too low in concentration, which reflects a missing source of NO.
The mechanisms that produce, destroy and transport nitric oxide (NO) in the Antarctic mesosphere...
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