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Equatorial waves resolved by balloon-borne Global Navigation Satellite System radio occultation in the Strateole-2 campaign
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Jennifer S. Haase
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Michael J. Murphy
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
M. Joan Alexander
NorthWest Research Associates, Boulder Office, Boulder, CO, USA
Martina Bramberger
NorthWest Research Associates, Boulder Office, Boulder, CO, USA
Albert Hertzog
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Sorbonne Université, École Polytechnique, CNRS, Palaiseau, France
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Atmospheric waves that carry momentum from tropospheric weather systems into the equatorial stratosphere modify the winds there. The Strateole-2 2019 campaign launched long-duration stratospheric superpressure balloons to measure these equatorial waves. We deployed a GPS receiver on one of the balloons to measure atmospheric temperature profiles beneath the balloon. Temperature variations in the retrieved profiles show planetary-scale waves with a 20 d period and 3–4 d period waves.
Atmospheric waves that carry momentum from tropospheric weather systems into the equatorial...
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