Satellite measurements of mesospheric gravity wave temperature variances over the Andes

Authors

Jonathan Pugmire, Utah State UniversityFollow
Michael Taylor, Utah State UniversityFollow
Yucheng Zhao, Utah State UniversityFollow
James M. Russell III, Hampton University

Document Type

Poster

Journal/Book Title/Conference

2015 CEDAR Workshop, University of Washington

Location

Seattle, WA

Publication Date

6-23-2015

Abstract

Utah State University’s Mesospheric Temperature Mapper (MTM) has operated continuously at the Andes Lidar Observatory on Cerro Pachon, Chile (30.3° S, 70.7° S) since August 2009. Its purpose is to quantify gravity wave (GW) activity as observed in OH rotational temperature measurements in the mesosphere at an altitude of ~87 km with a particular interest in investigating short period GWs and their seasonal variability. 5.5 years data to date.

The SABER instrument aboard the TIMED satellite provides complimentary data to measure temperature variances and GW potential energy (PE) to quantify the small-scale GWs propagating up into the mesosphere, and lower thermosphere (MLT) region over the Andes.

Comments

Poster presented at the CEDAR 2015 Workshop at the University of Washinton, in Seattle, WA, Sunday-Thursday 21-25 June 2015.

Recommended Citation

Pugmire, Jonathan; Taylor, Michael; Zhao, Yucheng; and Russell, James M. III, "Satellite measurements of mesospheric gravity wave temperature variances over the Andes" (2015). 2015 CEDAR Workshop, University of Washington. Graduate Student Posters. Paper 26.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/graduate_posters/26