Title: Gravity wave activity in the upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere observed with the Rayleigh lidar at Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract: We delineated the climatological characteristics of the potential energy of gravity waves, E p , using Rayleigh lidar observations made in 1990–1991 at Tsukuba, Japan (36°N, 140°E). Tendency of large and small values of E p in winter and summer, respectively, was detected in the upper stratosphere (30–45 km), suggesting annual variation with a winter maximum. This annual cycle seemed to be consistent with lidar observations made in France and UK [Wilson et al., 1991; Mitchell et al., 1991]. The obtained E p values in the upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere (45–60 km) were rather similar to the French data, despite the large scatter of the Tsukuba values.
Publication Year: 1994
Publication Date: 1994-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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