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2013

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Observations Of Mesospheric Temperature Variability Over The Andes, Jonathan R. Pugmire, Michael J. Taylor, Yucheng Zhao, P Dominique Pautet, James M. Russell Iii Jun 2013

Observations Of Mesospheric Temperature Variability Over The Andes, Jonathan R. Pugmire, Michael J. Taylor, Yucheng Zhao, P Dominique Pautet, James M. Russell Iii

Jonathan Pugmire

Observations of mesospheric OH(6,2) rotational temperatures by the Utah State University Mesospheric Temperature Mapper (MTM) located at the Andes Lidar Observatory, Cerro Pachon, Chile (30.3°S, 70.7°S) reveal a large range of nightly variations induced by atmospheric gravity waves and tides, as well as strong seasonal oscillations. This study investigates MTM temperature variability over the past 3.5 years comprising over 700 nights of high-quality data and compares the results with Maui-MALT, Hawaii MTM (2001-2005) measurements and coincident mesospheric temperature measurement by SABER on the NASA TIMED satellite.


Investigating Mesospheric Gravity Wave Dynamics And Temperature Variability Over The Andes, Jonathan R. Pugmire, Michael J. Taylor Apr 2013

Investigating Mesospheric Gravity Wave Dynamics And Temperature Variability Over The Andes, Jonathan R. Pugmire, Michael J. Taylor

Jonathan Pugmire

Observations of mesospheric OH(6,2) temperatures by the Utah State University Mesospheric Temperature Mapper located at Cerro Pachon, Chile (30.3°S, 70.7°S) reveal a large range of nightly variations induced by atmospheric gravity waves and tides, as well as strong seasonal oscillations. Comparative studies with other data sets including the satellite-borne SABER instrument show good agreement on nightly, as well as seasonal, temperature measurements.