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| Titel |
Estimates of vertical eddy diffusivity in the upper mesosphere in the presence of a mesospheric inversion layer |
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R. L. Collins, G. A. Lehmacher, M. F. Larsen, K. Mizutani |
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Englisch
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0992-7689
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In: Annales Geophysicae ; 29, no. 11 ; Nr. 29, no. 11 (2011-11-15), S.2019-2029 |
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250017124
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/angeo-29-2019-2011.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Rayleigh and resonance lidar observations were made
during the Turbopause experiment at Poker Flat Research Range, Chatanika
Alaska (65° N, 147° W) over a 10 h period on the night of 17–18 February
2009. The lidar observations revealed the presence of a strong mesospheric
inversion layer (MIL) at 74 km that formed during the observations and was
present for over 6 h. The MIL had a maximum temperature of 251 K, amplitude
of 27 ± 7 K, a depth of 3.0 km, and overlying lapse rate of 9.4 ± 0.3 K km−1.
The MIL was located at the lower edge of the mesospheric sodium layer.
During this coincidence the lower edge of the sodium layer was lowered by 2 km
to 74 km and the bottomside scale height of the sodium increased from 1 km to 15 km. The structure of the MIL and sodium are analyzed in terms of
vertical diffusive transport. The analysis yields a lower bound for the eddy
diffusion coefficient of 430 m2 s−1 and the energy dissipation rate of
2.2 mW kg−1 at 76–77 km. This value of the eddy diffusion coefficient,
determined from naturally occurring variations in mesospheric temperatures
and the sodium layer, is significantly larger than those reported for mean
winter values in the Arctic but similar to individual values reported in
regions of convective instability by other techniques. |
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