Articles | Volume 19, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-3207-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-3207-2019
Research article
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12 Mar 2019
Research article |  | 12 Mar 2019

Long-term lidar observations of the gravity wave activity near the mesopause at Arecibo

Xianchang Yue, Jonathan S. Friedman, Qihou Zhou, Xiongbin Wu, and Jens Lautenbach

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AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (19 Oct 2018)  Author's response
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Oct 2018) by Robert Hibbins
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (31 Oct 2018)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (01 Nov 2018)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (02 Nov 2018) by Robert Hibbins
AR by Xianchang Yue on behalf of the Authors (14 Dec 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Dec 2018) by Robert Hibbins
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (08 Jan 2019)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (08 Jan 2019) by Robert Hibbins
AR by Xianchang Yue on behalf of the Authors (15 Jan 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (29 Jan 2019) by Robert Hibbins
AR by Xianchang Yue on behalf of the Authors (30 Jan 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
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Short summary
Using 11 years of lidar temperature data, the seasonal variations (SVs) of gravity waves (GWs) are addressed in the tropical mesopause region, shown to be clearly associated with the SVs of zonal winds reported in the literature. The SVs of GWs are determined by the filtering effect of the local background wind. The altitudes of GW potential energy have a close relation to the upper mesospheric temperature inversion layers (TILs), which provides support for the formation mechanism of TILs.
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