Response of middle atmospheric temperature to the 27&thinsp;d solar cycle: an analysis of 13 years of microwave limb sounder data

Rong, Piao; von Savigny, Christian; Zhang, Chunmin; Hoffmann, Christoph G.; Schwartz, Michael J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1737-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1737-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1737-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 3

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13 Feb 2020

Research article |

| 13 Feb 2020

Response of middle atmospheric temperature to the 27 d solar cycle: an analysis of 13 years of microwave limb sounder data

Piao Rong, Christian von Savigny, Chunmin Zhang, Christoph G. Hoffmann, and Michael J. Schwartz

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Final revised paper (published on 13 Feb 2020)
Preprint (discussion started on 09 Sep 2019)

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RC1: 'Review of Response of middle atmospheric temperature to the solar 27-day cycle: an analysis of 13 years of MLS data” by Rong et al., submitted to Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Oct 2019
RC2: 'solid analysis with some room for %improvements in the discussion of results', Mark Weber, 23 Oct 2019
AC1: 'Response to reviewers and tracked-changes manuscript', Piao Rong, 07 Dec 2019

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ED: Publish as is (06 Jan 2020) by Franz-Josef Lübken

AR by Piao Rong on behalf of the Authors (09 Jan 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

We study the presence and characteristics of 27 d solar signatures in middle atmospheric temperature observed by the microwave limb sounder on NASA's Aura spacecraft. This is a highly interesting and significant subject because the physical and chemical mechanisms leading to these 27 d solar-driven signatures are, in many cases, not well understood. The analysis shows that highly significant 27 d solar signatures in middle atmospheric temperature are present at many altitudes and latitudes.