Intra-and inter-hemispheric coupling effects on the polar summer mesosphere

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作者：

Gumbel J. ^{[1
]}

Karlsson B. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University

[2] Laboratory of Atmosphere and Space Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO

来源：

Geophysical Research Letters | 2011年 / 38卷 / 14期

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10.1029/2011GL047968

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摘要：

The state of the mesosphere is connected to the lower atmosphere through various dynamical coupling processes. Nine years of Odin satellite observations of noctilucent clouds (NLC) have been analyzed as tracers for such processes. Inter-hemispheric coupling from the winter stratosphere and troposphere is confirmed to have a major influence on the summer mesosphere. Intra-hemispheric coupling from the spring/summer stratosphere, on the other hand, can control the onset of the NLC season. Most prominently, the southern NLC season 2010-2011 started with a delay of more than 20 days as compared to other years, which coincides with an exceptionally persistent polar vortex in the Antarctic stratosphere. Proposed mechanisms for the above teleconnections are based on the effect of lower atmospheric circulation on gravity wave filtering and, thus, on the dynamical forcing of the mesospheric circulation. Both intra-and inter-hemispheric coupling processes are needed for an understanding of the overall seasonal behavior of the summer mesosphere. Copyright 2011 by the American Geophysical Union.

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