On the short-term variability of turbulence and temperature in the winter mesosphere

Lehmacher, Gerald A.; Larsen, Miguel F.; Collins, Richard L.; Barjatya, Aroh; Strelnikov, Boris

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1099-2018

Articles | Volume 36, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1099-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1099-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 36, issue 4

Regular paper

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15 Aug 2018

Regular paper |

| 15 Aug 2018

On the short-term variability of turbulence and temperature in the winter mesosphere

Gerald A. Lehmacher, Miguel F. Larsen, Richard L. Collins, Aroh Barjatya, and Boris Strelnikov

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RC1: 'Reviewer report on the manuscript angeo-2018-30', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Jun 2018
- AC1: 'RC1 Author's Response', Gerald Lehmacher, 06 Jul 2018
RC2: 'Formal review of the manuscript "On the short term variability of turbulence and temperature in the winter mesosphere"', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 Jun 2018
- AC2: 'RC2 Author's Responses', Gerald Lehmacher, 06 Jul 2018

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (16 Jul 2018) by Petr Pisoft

AR by Gerald Lehmacher on behalf of the Authors (20 Jul 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (31 Jul 2018) by Petr Pisoft

AR by Gerald Lehmacher on behalf of the Authors (06 Aug 2018)

Short summary

We used sounding rockets to obtain four high-resolution temperature profiles in the mesosphere over a limited area. We found consistent deep isothermal and adiabatic layers, but variable and finely structured turbulence preferentially in the lower stable mesosphere. Accompanying tracer releases showed horizontal winds in the lower thermosphere with extreme shears and 200 m s⁻¹ winds under moderately disturbed geomagnetic conditions, and convection-like structures just below the mesopause.