An analysis of solar mesospheric temperatures for the upper stratosphere and mesosphere

Details An analysis of solar mesospheric temperatures for the upper stratosphere and mesosphere An analysis of solar mesospheric temperatures for the upper stratosphere and mesosphere

Dec 1993

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Final Report Colorado Univ., Boulder. Lab. for Atmospheric and Space Physics.

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Space Physics

Atmospheric Temperature, Mesosphere, Solar Atmosphere, Solar Flux, Solar Temperature, Stratosphere, Temperature Distribution, Temperature Profiles, Climatology, Radiance, Solar Mesosphere Explorer, Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (Uars)

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We proposed to analyze Solar Mesosphere Explorer (SME) limb profiles of Rayleigh scattered solar flux at wavelengths of 304, 313, and 443 nm to retrieve atmospheric temperature profiles over the 40-65 km altitude region. These temperatures can be combined with the previous analysis of SME 296 nm limb radiances to construct a monthly average climatology of atmospheric temperatures over the 40-90 km, upper stratosphere-mesosphere region, with approximately 4 km vertical resolution. We proposed to investigate the detailed nature of the global temperature structure of this poorly measured region, based on these 1982-1986 SME temperatures. The average vertical structure of temperatures between the stratopause and mesopause has never been determined globally with vertical resolution sufficient to retrieve even scale-height structures. Hence, the SME temperatures provided a unique opportunity to study the detailed thermal structure of the mesosphere, in advance of Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) measurements and the Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energy and Dynamics (TIMED) mission.

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