Articles | Volume 19, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-7567-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-7567-2019
Research article
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06 Jun 2019
Research article |  | 06 Jun 2019

Climatology of the mesopause relative density using a global distribution of meteor radars

Wen Yi, Xianghui Xue, Iain M. Reid, Damian J. Murphy, Chris M. Hall, Masaki Tsutsumi, Baiqi Ning, Guozhu Li, Robert A. Vincent, Jinsong Chen, Jianfei Wu, Tingdi Chen, and Xiankang Dou

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The seasonal variations in the mesopause densities, especially with regard to its global structure, are still unclear. In this study, we report the climatology of the mesopause density estimated using multiyear observations from nine meteor radars from Arctic to Antarctic latitudes. The results reveal a significant AO and SAO in mesopause density, an asymmetry between the two polar regions and evidence of intraseasonal oscillations (ISOs), perhaps associated with the ISOs of the troposphere.
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