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Author: Chau, J.L. × Author: Renkwitz, T. × DDC: 550 × Has files: Yes ×

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    Radar Observation of Extreme Vertical Drafts in the Polar Summer Mesosphere
    (Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2021) Chau, J.L.; Marino, R.; Feraco, F.; Urco, J.M.; Baumgarten, G.; Lübken, F.‐J.; Hocking, W.K.; Schult, C.; Renkwitz, T.; Latteck, R.
    The polar summer mesosphere is the Earth's coldest region, allowing the formation of mesospheric ice clouds. These ice clouds produce strong polar mesospheric summer echoes (PMSE) that are used as tracers of mesospheric dynamics. Here, we report the first observations of extreme vertical drafts (+/-50 ms [hoch]-1) in the mesosphere obtained from PMSE, characterized by velocities more than five standard deviations larger than the observed vertical wind variability. Using aperture synthesis radar imaging, the observed PMSE morphology resembles a solitary wave in a varicose mode, narrow along propagation (3–4 km) and elongated (>10 km) transverse to propagation direction, with a relatively large vertical extent (~13 km). These spatial features are similar to previously observed mesospheric bores, but we observe only one crest with much larger vertical extent and higher vertical velocities.
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    Mesospheric anomalous diffusion during noctilucent cloud scenarios
    (Göttingen : Copernicus GmbH, 2019) Laskar, F.I.; Stober, G.; Fiedler, J.; Oppenheim, M.M.; Chau, J.L.; Pallamraju, D.; Pedatella, N.M.; Tsutsumi, M.; Renkwitz, T.
    The Andenes specular meteor radar shows meteor trail diffusion rates increasing on average by about 10% at times and locations where a lidar observes noctilucent clouds (NLCs). This high-latitude effect has been attributed to the presence of charged NLC after exploring possible contributions from thermal tides. To make this claim, the current study evaluates data from three stations at high, middle, and low latitudes for the years 2012 to 2016 to show that NLC influence on the meteor trail diffusion is independent of thermal tides. The observations also show that the meteor trail diffusion enhancement during NLC cover exists only at high latitudes and near the peaks of NLC layers. This paper discusses a number of possible explanations for changes in the regions with NLCs and leans towards the hypothesis that the relative abundance of background electron density plays the leading role. A more accurate model of the meteor trail diffusion around NLC particles would help researchers determine mesospheric temperature and neutral density profiles from meteor radars at high latitudes. © 2019 Author(s).