Mesospheric temperature inversion and gravity wave breaking

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Sep 1987

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Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 14, Sept. 1987, p. 933-936. Research supported by Etudes Techniques et Const

Physics

84

Atmospheric Temperature, Gravity Waves, Mesosphere, Temperature Inversions, Atmospheric Circulation, Statistical Analysis, Temperature Profiles

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Rayleigh lidar observations of mesospheric temperature over southern France have shown that a temperature inversion is often present which persists for several days at the same altitude. The statistical characteristics of this inversion were determined from more than 500 nightly mean profiles. The characteristics of the inversion are compared with estimates of the amplitude growth with height of a gravity wave. It is concluded that these two phenomena have the same origin, i.e., the turbulent field generated by the breaking of gravity waves.

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