The MATS satellite mission – gravity wave studies  by Mesospheric Airglow/Aerosol Tomography  and Spectroscopy

Gumbel, Jörg; Megner, Linda; Christensen, Ole Martin; Ivchenko, Nickolay; Murtagh, Donal P.; Chang, Seunghyuk; Dillner, Joachim; Ekebrand, Terese; Giono, Gabriel; Hammar, Arvid; Hedin, Jonas; Karlsson, Bodil; Krus, Mikael; Li, Anqi; McCallion, Steven; Olentšenko, Georgi; Pak, Soojong; Park, Woojin; Rouse, Jordan; Stegman, Jacek; Witt, Georg

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-431-2020

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13 Jan 2020

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| 13 Jan 2020

The MATS satellite mission – gravity wave studies by Mesospheric Airglow/Aerosol Tomography and Spectroscopy

Jörg Gumbel, Linda Megner, Ole Martin Christensen, Nickolay Ivchenko, Donal P. Murtagh, Seunghyuk Chang, Joachim Dillner, Terese Ekebrand, Gabriel Giono, Arvid Hammar, Jonas Hedin, Bodil Karlsson, Mikael Krus, Anqi Li, Steven McCallion, Georgi Olentšenko, Soojong Pak, Woojin Park, Jordan Rouse, Jacek Stegman, and Georg Witt

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RC1: 'MATS satellite mission', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Dec 2018
RC2: 'See the attached file', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 Dec 2018
RC3: 'Review of Gumbel et al paper', Anonymous Referee #3, 21 Jan 2019
AC1: 'Author comments', Jörg Gumbel, 06 May 2019

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Short summary

Gravity waves can link together atmospheric conditions over large distances. MATS is a new Swedish satellite that will study gravity waves at altitudes around 80–110 km. MATS will take images of emissions from excited molecules, so-called airglow, and of the highest clouds in our atmosphere, so-called noctilucent clouds. These measurements will be analysed to provide three-dimensional wave structures and a comprehensive picture of wave interactions in the atmosphere.