Wave perturbations in the MLT at high northern latitudes in winter, observed by two SATI instruments

Details Wave perturbations in the MLT at high northern latitudes in winter, observed by two SATI instruments Wave perturbations in the MLT at high northern latitudes in winter, observed by two SATI instruments

Jan 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010adspr..45...45c&link_type=abstract

Advances in Space Research, Volume 45, Issue 1, p. 45-55.

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To investigate the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere (MLT) region, several ground-based instruments called SATI (Spectral Airglow Temperature Imager) were designed and built to measure airglow emission and temperature in the upper mesosphere. One SATI instrument was installed at Resolute Bay (74.7°N, 94.9°W) and has monitored the polar MLT region since November, 2001. In October 2007 another SATI instrument was installed at Eureka (80.0°N, 86.3°W) at the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL) as part of the Canadian Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Change (CANDAC) project. SATI is a spatial scanning Fabry-Perot spectrometer measuring column emission rates for several rotational lines of OH and O2 airglow at 87 and 94 km height. The rotational temperatures are inferred from the ratios of these lines. The measurements are divided into 12 sectors with an annular field of view. The phase differences between the sectors yield information on the horizontal atmospheric wave direction and wavelength. Horizontal perturbations of 2-8 h period have correlatively been observed and investigated at both locations. Short-periodic oscillations identified as gravity waves with periods between 2 and 8 h propagate in southward and eastward directions, but in opposite directions in some cases. The wave propagation characteristics are often different at the two locations; the relationship with the lower mean wind is considered.

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