Articles | Volume 25, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-14839-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-14839-2025
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05 Nov 2025
Research article |  | 05 Nov 2025

Spectral variability of gravity-wave kinetic and potential energy at 69° N: a seven-year lidar study

Mohamed Mossad, Irina Strelnikova, Robin Wing, Gerd Baumgarten, and Michael Gerding

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MossadACP2025 Mohamed Mossad https://doi.org/10.22000/nj61edyby3z3xrhe

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We studied gravity waves using a unique lidar that measures both temperature and wind. This is the first long-term study of how their energies vary with height and season in the middle atmosphere near the Arctic. Waves were stronger and varied more in winter, while in summer slow waves tied to Earth's rotation dominated. We also observed new patterns in how energy is shared between both energy types and height-dependent changes in wave behaviour. These results refine our view of such waves.
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