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Trends in the high-latitude mesosphere temperature and mesopause revealed by SABER
Institute of Electromagnetic Wave, School of Physics, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453000, China
State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
Jiyao Xu
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State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100049, China
Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Yangkun Liu
Institute of Electromagnetic Wave, School of Physics, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453000, China
State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
Vania F. Andrioli
State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
Heliophysics, Planetary Science and Aeronomy Division, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
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Disagreement in long-term trends in the high-latitude mesosphere temperature should be elucidated using one coherent measurement over a long period. Using SABER measurements at high latitudes and binning the data based on yaw cycle, we focus on long-term trends in the mean temperature and mesopause in the high-latitude mesosphere–lower-thermosphere region, which has been rarely studied via observations but is more sensitive to dynamic changes.
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