scholarly journals Middle atmosphere temperature trend and solar cycle revealed by long-term Rayleigh lidar observations

2011 ◽  
Vol 116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Li ◽  
Thierry Leblanc ◽  
I. Stuart McDermid ◽  
Philippe Keckhut ◽  
Alain Hauchecorne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cycle ◽  
Middle Atmosphere ◽  
Temperature Trend ◽  
Atmosphere Temperature ◽  
Rayleigh Lidar ◽  
Lidar Observations

scholarly journals Lidar observations of middle atmosphere temperature variability

1995 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 648-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. P. Gobbi ◽  
C. Souprayen ◽  
F. Congeduti ◽  
G. Di Donfrancesco ◽  
A. Adriani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cycle ◽  
Middle Atmosphere ◽  
Atmospheric Temperature ◽  
Temperature Variability ◽  
Quasi Biennial Oscillation ◽  
Temperature Trends ◽  
Atmosphere Temperature ◽  
Reference Atmosphere ◽  
Lidar Observations ◽  
Biennial Oscillation

Abstract. We discuss 223 middle atmosphere lidar temperature observations. The record was collected at Frascati (42°N–13°E), during the 41-month period January 1989-May 1992, corresponding to the maximum of solar cycle 22. The choice of this interval was aimed at minimizing the temperature variability induced by the 11-year solar cycle. The average climatology over the 41-month period and comparison with a reference atmosphere (CIRA86) are presented. Monthly temperature variability over the full period, during opposite quasi-biennial oscillation phases and on a short-term scale (0.5–4 h), is analyzed. Results indicate the 50–55-km region as less affected by variability caused by the natural phenomena considered in the analysis. Due to this minimum in natural noise characterizing the atmospheric temperature just above the stratopause, observations of that region are well suited to the detection of possible temperature trends induced by industrial activities.

scholarly journals Meteor heights during the recent solar minimum

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 161-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ch. Jacobi
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cycle ◽  
Solar Minimum ◽  
Middle Atmosphere ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
Vhf Radar ◽  
Linear Temperature ◽  
Reflection Height ◽  
Atmosphere Temperature

Abstract. Average meteor heights have been continuously observed using a SKiYMET VHF radar at Collm (51.3° N, 13.0° E) since late summer of 2004. Initially, the daily mean meteor height was about 89.4 km. Since that time, average meteor heights have decreased. This is consistent with earlier results on middle atmosphere temperature change from the literature and from earlier results of low-frequency reflection height changes measured at Kühlungsborn and Collm. During the recent solar minimum 2008/2009 the meteor heights further decreased. Linear fitting of a trend and a solar cycle to the heights reveals a linear decrease of about −56 m year−1 and a solar cycle effect of +450 m per 100 sfu. Assuming that meteor heights, on a long-term average, approximately refer to a level of constant pressure, this decrease can be converted to a mean middle atmosphere linear temperature decrease of −0.23 K year−1 and a solar cycle effect of +1.8 K per 100 sfu during the last decade, which is in the range of observed trends reported in the literature.

Middle Atmosphere Temperature Changes Derived from SABER Observations during 2002-2020

2021 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
X. R. Zhao ◽  
Z. Sheng ◽  
H. Q. Shi ◽  
L. B. Weng ◽  
Y. He
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cycle ◽  
Middle Atmosphere ◽  
Southern Oscillation ◽  
Linear Trend ◽  
Stratospheric Ozone ◽  
Recovery Period ◽  
Lower Thermosphere ◽  
Quasi Biennial Oscillation ◽  
Atmosphere Temperature ◽  
Temperature Responses

AbstractUsing temperature data measured by the Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) instrument from February 2002 to March 2020, the temperature linear trend and temperature responses to the solar cycle (SC), Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO), and El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) were investigated from 20 km to 110 km for the latitude range of 50°S-50°N. A four-component harmonic fit was used to remove the seasonal variation from the observed monthly temperature series. Multiple linear regression (MLR) was applied to analyze the linear trend, SC, QBO, and ENSO terms. In this study, the near-global mean temperature shows consistent cooling trends throughout the entire middle atmosphere, ranging from -0.28 to -0.97 K/decade. Additionally, it shows positive responses to the solar cycle, varying from -0.05 to 4.53 K/100sfu. A solar temperature response boundary between 50°S and 50°N is given, above which the atmospheric temperature is strongly affected by solar activity. The boundary penetrates deep below the stratopause to ~ 42 km over the tropical region and rises to higher altitudes with latitude. Temperature responses to the QBO and ENSO can be observed up to the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere. In the equatorial region, 40%-70% of the total variance is explained by QBO signals in the stratosphere and 30%-50% is explained by the solar signal in the upper middle atmosphere. Our results, obtained from 18-year SABER observations, are expected to be an updated reliable estimation of the middle atmosphere temperature variability for the stratospheric ozone recovery period.

scholarly journals Spectral energy contributions of quasi-periodic oscillations (2-35 days) to the variability of the f<sub>o</sub>F2

1998 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-175
Author(s):  
E. M. Apostolov ◽  
D. Altadill ◽  
R. Hanbaba
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cycle ◽  
Planetary Wave ◽  
Middle Atmosphere ◽  
Spectral Energy ◽  
Winter Solstice ◽  
Periodic Oscillations ◽  
Ionosphere Plasma ◽  
Northern Latitudes ◽  
Hourly Data

Abstract. The relative contributions of quasi-periodic oscillations from 2 to 35 days to the variability of foF2 at middle northern latitudes between 42°N and 60°N are investigated. The foF2 hourly data for the whole solar cycle 21 (1976–1986) for four European ionospheric stations Rome (41.9°N, 12.5°E), Poitiers (46.5°N, 0.3°E), Kaliningrad (54.7°N, 20.6°E) and Uppsala (59.8°N, 17.6°E) are used for analysis. The relative contributions of different periodic bands due to planetary wave activity and solar flux variations are evaluated by integrated percent contributions of spectral energy for these bands. The observations suggest that a clearly expressed seasonal variation of percent contributions exists with maximum at summer solstice and minimum at winter solstice for all periodic bands. The contributions for summer increase when the latitude increases. The contributions are modulated by the solar cycle and simultaneously influenced by the long-term geomagnetic activity variations. The greater percentage of spectral energy between 2 to 35 days is contributed by the periodic bands related to the middle atmosphere planetary wave activity.Key words. Ionosphere · Ionosphere-atmosphere interactions · Mid-latitude ionosphere · Plasma waves and instabilities

scholarly journals Long-term midlatitude mesopause region temperature trend deduced from quarter century (1990–2014) Na lidar observations

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.-Y. She ◽  
D. A. Krueger ◽  
T. Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Nonlinear Function ◽  
Warming Trend ◽  
Temperature Trend ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Altitude Dependence ◽  
Region Temperature ◽  
Cooling Trend ◽  
Lidar Observations

Abstract. The long-term midlatitude temperature trend between 85 and 105 km is deduced from 25 years (March 1990–December 2014) of Na Lidar observations. With a strong warming episode in the 1990s, the time series was least-square fitted to an 11-parameter nonlinear function. This yields a cooling trend starting from an insignificant value of 0.64 ± 0.99 K decade−1 at 85 km, increasing to a maximum of 2.8 ± 0.58 K decade−1 between 91 and 93 km, and then decreasing to a warming trend above 103 km. The geographic altitude dependence of the trend is in general agreement with model predictions. To shed light on the nature of the warming episode, we show that the recently reported prolonged global surface temperature cooling after the Mt Pinatubo eruption can also be very well represented by the same response function.

scholarly journals Long‐Term Variability and Tendencies in Middle Atmosphere Temperature and Zonal Wind From WACCM6 Simulations During 1850–2014

2020 ◽  
Vol 125 (24) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Ramesh ◽  
Anne K. Smith ◽  
Rolando R. Garcia ◽  
Daniel R. Marsh ◽  
S. Sridharan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Zonal Wind ◽  
Middle Atmosphere ◽  
Atmosphere Temperature

Rayleigh lidar observations of quasi-sinusoidal waves in the tropical middle atmosphere

2003 ◽  
Vol 108 (D24) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Rajeev ◽  
K. Parameswaran ◽  
M. N. Sasi ◽  
Geetha Ramkumar ◽  
B. V. Krishna Murthy
Keyword(s):  
Middle Atmosphere ◽  
Rayleigh Lidar ◽  
Lidar Observations

Rayleigh lidar observations of gravity wave characteristics in the middle atmosphere at Gadanki, India (13.5 degrees N, 79.2 degreesE.)

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Parameswaran ◽  
K. Rajeev ◽  
M. N. Sasi ◽  
Geetha Ramkumar ◽  
B. V. Krishna Murthy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gravity Wave ◽  
Middle Atmosphere ◽  
Wave Characteristics ◽  
Rayleigh Lidar ◽  
Lidar Observations
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