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02 Nov 2009
Daytime SABER/TIMED observations of water vapor in the mesosphere: retrieval approach and first results
A. G. Feofilov
The Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave., Washington D.C. 20064, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Mailcode 674, Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
A. A. Kutepov
The Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave., Washington D.C. 20064, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Mailcode 674, Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
W. D. Pesnell
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Mailcode 674, Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
R. A. Goldberg
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Mailcode 674, Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
B. T. Marshall
GATS Inc., 1164 Canon Blvd., Suite 101, Newport News, VA 23606, USA
L. L. Gordley
GATS Inc., 1164 Canon Blvd., Suite 101, Newport News, VA 23606, USA
M. García-Comas
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), C/Camino Bajo de Huetor, 50, Granada, 18008, Spain
M. López-Puertas
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), C/Camino Bajo de Huetor, 50, Granada, 18008, Spain
R. O. Manuilova
Institute for Physics, St.Petersburg State University, Ulianovskaja, 1, St. Petersburg, 198904, Russia
V. A. Yankovsky
Institute for Physics, St.Petersburg State University, Ulianovskaja, 1, St. Petersburg, 198904, Russia
S. V. Petelina
La Trobe University, Victoria, 3086, Australia
J. M. Russell III
Hampton University, Hampton, VA 23668, USA
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Subject: Gases | Research Activity: Remote Sensing | Altitude Range: Mesosphere | Science Focus: Physics (physical properties and processes)
Significant decline of mesospheric water vapor at the NDACC site near Bern in the period 2007 to 2018
Mesospheric nitric oxide model from SCIAMACHY data
Production and transport mechanisms of NO in the polar upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere in observations and models
The airglow layer emission altitude cannot be determined unambiguously from temperature comparison with lidars
Assessing the ability to derive rates of polar middle-atmospheric descent using trace gas measurements from remote sensors
The SPARC water vapor assessment II: intercomparison of satellite and ground-based microwave measurements
Measuring FeO variation using astronomical spectroscopic observations
Global investigation of the Mg atom and ion layers using SCIAMACHY/Envisat observations between 70 and 150 km altitude and WACCM-Mg model results
Unusually strong nitric oxide descent in the Arctic middle atmosphere in early 2013 as observed by Odin/SMR
Longitudinal hotspots in the mesospheric OH variations due to energetic electron precipitation
Diurnal variations in middle-atmospheric water vapor by ground-based microwave radiometry
Lifetime and production rate of NOx in the upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere in the polar spring/summer after the solar proton event in October–November 2003
Metal concentrations in the upper atmosphere during meteor showers
Martin Lainer, Klemens Hocke, Ellen Eckert, and Niklaus Kämpfer
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 6611–6620, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6611-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6611-2019, 2019
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A middle atmospheric water vapor time series of more than 11 years (April 2007 to May 2018) from the NDACC microwave remote sensing site at Bern (Switzerland) is investigated to estimate the trend by means of a robust multilinear parametric trend model. Between 61 and 72 km altitude a significant decline in water vapor could be detected. The reduction of water vapor maximizes to about −12 % per decade at 72 km altitude.
Stefan Bender, Miriam Sinnhuber, Patrick J. Espy, and John P. Burrows
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 2135–2147, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-2135-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-2135-2019, 2019
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We present an empirical model for nitric oxide (NO) in the mesosphere (60–90 km) derived from SCIAMACHY limb scan data. Our model relates the daily (longitudinally) averaged NO number densities from SCIAMACHY as a function of geomagnetic latitude to the solar Lyman-alpha and the geomagnetic AE indices. We use a non-linear regression model, incorporating a finite and seasonally varying lifetime for the geomagnetically induced NO.
Koen Hendrickx, Linda Megner, Daniel R. Marsh, and Christine Smith-Johnsen
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 9075–9089, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-9075-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-9075-2018, 2018
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The mechanisms that produce, destroy and transport nitric oxide (NO) in the Antarctic mesosphere and lower thermosphere are investigated in AIM-SOFIE satellite observations and compared to SD-WACCM simulations. During winter, NO concentrations are most similar while the altitude of maximum NO number densities is most separated. Even though the rate of descent is similar in both datasets, the simulated descending NO flux is too low in concentration, which reflects a missing source of NO.
Tim Dunker
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 6691–6697, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-6691-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-6691-2018, 2018
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Often, the emission height of the mesospheric hydroxyl layer has been inferred from a comparison of temperature measured by ground-based lidars and hydroxyl spectrometers. I use temperatures measured by two independent instruments to show that such comparisons usually lead to ambiguous height determinations, especially if a variable layer width is taken into account. Even though this dataset is from a single location, the results apply to all airglow layers at any location.
Niall J. Ryan, Douglas E. Kinnison, Rolando R. Garcia, Christoph G. Hoffmann, Mathias Palm, Uwe Raffalski, and Justus Notholt
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1457–1474, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1457-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1457-2018, 2018
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We used model output and instrument data to assess how well polar atmospheric descent rates can be derived using concentration measurements of long-lived gases in the atmosphere. The results indicate that the method incurs errors as large as the descent rates, and often leads to a misinterpretation of the direction of air motion. The rates derived using this method do not appear to represent the mean vertical wind in the middle atmosphere, and we suggest an alternate definition.
Gerald E. Nedoluha, Michael Kiefer, Stefan Lossow, R. Michael Gomez, Niklaus Kämpfer, Martin Lainer, Peter Forkman, Ole Martin Christensen, Jung Jin Oh, Paul Hartogh, John Anderson, Klaus Bramstedt, Bianca M. Dinelli, Maya Garcia-Comas, Mark Hervig, Donal Murtagh, Piera Raspollini, William G. Read, Karen Rosenlof, Gabriele P. Stiller, and Kaley A. Walker
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 14543–14558, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-14543-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-14543-2017, 2017
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As part of the second SPARC (Stratosphere–troposphere Processes And their Role in Climate) water vapor assessment (WAVAS-II), we present measurements taken from or coincident with seven sites from which ground-based microwave instruments measure water vapor in the middle atmosphere. In the lower mesosphere, we quantify instrumental differences in the observed trends and annual variations at six sites. We then present a range of observed trends in water vapor over the past 20 years.
Stefanie Unterguggenberger, Stefan Noll, Wuhu Feng, John M. C. Plane, Wolfgang Kausch, Stefan Kimeswenger, Amy Jones, and Sabine Moehler
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 4177–4187, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-4177-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-4177-2017, 2017
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This study focuses on the analysis of astronomical medium-resolution spectra from the VLT in Chile to measure airglow pseudo-continuum emission of FeO in the optical regime. Compared to OH or Na emissions, this emission is difficult to measure. Using 3.5 years of spectroscopic data, we found annual and semi-annual variations of the FeO emission. Furthermore, we used WACCM to determine the quantum yield of the FeO-producing Fe + O3 reaction in the atmosphere, which has not been done before.
M. P. Langowski, C. von Savigny, J. P. Burrows, W. Feng, J. M. C. Plane, D. R. Marsh, D. Janches, M. Sinnhuber, A. C. Aikin, and P. Liebing
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 273–295, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-273-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-273-2015, 2015
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Global concentration fields of Mg and Mg+ in the Earth's upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere (70-150km) are presented. These are retrieved from SCIAMACHY/Envisat satellite grating spectrometer measurements in limb viewing geometry between 2008 and 2012.
These were compared with WACCM-Mg model results and a large fraction of the available measurement results for these species, and an interpretation of the results is done. The variation of these species during NLC presence is discussed.
K. Pérot, J. Urban, and D. P. Murtagh
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 8009–8015, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-8009-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-8009-2014, 2014
M. E. Andersson, P. T. Verronen, C. J. Rodger, M. A. Clilverd, and S. Wang
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 1095–1105, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-1095-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-1095-2014, 2014
D. Scheiben, A. Schanz, B. Tschanz, and N. Kämpfer
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 6877–6886, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-6877-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-6877-2013, 2013
F. Friederich, T. von Clarmann, B. Funke, H. Nieder, J. Orphal, M. Sinnhuber, G. P. Stiller, and J. M. Wissing
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 2531–2539, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-2531-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-2531-2013, 2013
J. Correira, A. C. Aikin, J. M. Grebowsky, and J. P. Burrows
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 909–917, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-909-2010, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-909-2010, 2010
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