Articles | Volume 21, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-13763-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-13763-2021
Research article
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16 Sep 2021
Research article |  | 16 Sep 2021

The semiannual oscillation (SAO) in the tropical middle atmosphere and its gravity wave driving in reanalyses and satellite observations

Manfred Ern, Mohamadou Diallo, Peter Preusse, Martin G. Mlynczak, Michael J. Schwartz, Qian Wu, and Martin Riese

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Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • CC1: 'Comment on acp-2021-190 -- tidal forces', Paul PUKITE, 28 Mar 2021
    • AC3: 'Reply on CC1', Manfred Ern, 13 Jul 2021
  • RC1: 'Comment on acp-2021-190', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Apr 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on acp-2021-190', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 May 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
AR by Manfred Ern on behalf of the Authors (22 Jul 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (23 Jul 2021) by Farahnaz Khosrawi
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (03 Aug 2021)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (10 Aug 2021)
ED: Publish as is (10 Aug 2021) by Farahnaz Khosrawi
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Details of the driving of the semiannual oscillation (SAO) of the tropical winds in the middle atmosphere are still not known. We investigate the SAO and its driving by small-scale gravity waves (GWs) using satellite data and different reanalyses. In a large altitude range, GWs mainly drive the SAO westerlies, but in the upper mesosphere GWs seem to drive both SAO easterlies and westerlies. Reanalyses reproduce some features of the SAO but are limited by model-inherent damping at upper levels.
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