Articles | Volume 35, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-35-547-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-35-547-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Regular paper
| 
10 Apr 2017
Regular paper |
| 10 Apr 2017
Spatial and temporal variability in MLT turbulence inferred from in situ and ground-based observations during the WADIS-1 sounding rocket campaign
Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kühlungsborn, Germany
Artur Szewczyk
Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kühlungsborn, Germany
Irina Strelnikova
Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kühlungsborn, Germany
Ralph Latteck
Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kühlungsborn, Germany
Gerd Baumgarten
Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kühlungsborn, Germany
Franz-Josef Lübken
Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kühlungsborn, Germany
Markus Rapp
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Meteorologisches Institut München, Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München, Munich, Germany
Stefanos Fasoulas
University of Stuttgart, Institute of Space Systems, Stuttgart, Germany
Stefan Löhle
University of Stuttgart, Institute of Space Systems, Stuttgart, Germany
Martin Eberhart
University of Stuttgart, Institute of Space Systems, Stuttgart, Germany
Ulf-Peter Hoppe
Department of Physics and Technology, University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Tim Dunker
Department of Physics and Technology, University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Martin Friedrich
Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
Jonas Hedin
Department of Meteorology (MISU), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Mikhail Khaplanov
Department of Meteorology (MISU), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
deceased
Jörg Gumbel
Department of Meteorology (MISU), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Aroh Barjatya
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, USA
Data sets
The EISCAT data EISCAT https://www.eiscat.se/
Short summary
The WADIS sounding rocket mission utilized multi-point turbulence measurements in the mesosphere by different techniques, i.e., with ionization gauges carried by rockets and ground-based MAARSY and EISCAT radars. Results show that turbulence energy dissipation rates oscillate in space and time with amplitude of up to 2 orders of magnitude. Spatial oscillations show the same wavelengths as atmospheric gravity waves. Temporal variability reveals periods of atmospheric tides and gravity waves.
The WADIS sounding rocket mission utilized multi-point turbulence measurements in the mesosphere...
