Lidar observations of stratospheric gravity waves from 2011 to 2015 at McMurdo (77.84°S, 166.69°E), Antarctica: 1. Vertical wavelengths, periods, and frequency and vertical wave number spectra

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Lidar observations of stratospheric gravity waves from 2011 to 2015 at McMurdo (77.84°S, 166.69°E), Antarctica: 1. Vertical wavelengths, periods, and frequency and vertical wave number spectra

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Zhao, Jian / Chu, Xinzhao / Chen, Cao / Lu, Xian / Fong, Weichun / Yu, Zhibin / Michael Jones, R. / Roberts, Brendan R. / Dörnbrack, Andreas

Abstract

Five years of atmospheric temperature data, collected with an Fe Boltzmann lidar by the University of Colorado group from 2011 to 2015 at Arrival Heights, are used to characterize the vertical wavelengths, periods, vertical phase speeds, frequency spectra, and vertical wave number spectra of stratospheric gravity waves from 30 to 50 km altitudes. Over 1000 dominant gravity wave events are identified from the data. The seasonal spectral distributions of vertical wavelengths, periods, and vertical phase speeds in summer, winter, and spring/fall are found obeying a lognormal distribution. Both the downward and upward phase progression gravity waves are observed by the lidar, and the fractions of gravity waves with downward phase progression increase from summer ~59% to winter ~70%.

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Title :

Lidar observations of stratospheric gravity waves from 2011 to 2015 at McMurdo (77.84°S, 166.69°E), Antarctica: 1. Vertical wavelengths, periods, and frequency and vertical wave number spectra

Contributors:

Zhao, Jian (author) / Chu, Xinzhao (author) / Chen, Cao (author) / Lu, Xian (author) / Fong, Weichun (author) / Yu, Zhibin (author) / Michael Jones, R. (author) / Roberts, Brendan R. (author) / Dörnbrack, Andreas (author)

Published in:

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres ; 122 , 10 ; 5041-5062

Publication date :

2017

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JD026368

Type of media :

Article (Journal)

Type of material :

Electronic Resource

Language :

English