Articles | Volume 40, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-40-23-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-40-23-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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Long-term studies of mesosphere and lower-thermosphere summer length definitions based on mean zonal wind features observed for more than one solar cycle at middle and high latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere
Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock, Schloss-Strasse 6, 18225 Kühlungsborn, Germany
Toralf Renkwitz
Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock, Schloss-Strasse 6, 18225 Kühlungsborn, Germany
Jorge L. Chau
Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock, Schloss-Strasse 6, 18225 Kühlungsborn, Germany
Maosheng He
Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock, Schloss-Strasse 6, 18225 Kühlungsborn, Germany
Peter Hoffmann
Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock, Schloss-Strasse 6, 18225 Kühlungsborn, Germany
deceased, Peter Hoffmann on 29 October 2020 and Chris Hall on 9 August 2021
Yosuke Yamazaki
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Christoph Jacobi
Institute Meteorology, Leipzig University, Stephanstr. 3, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Masaki Tsutsumi
National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan
Vivien Matthias
Institute for Solar-Terrestrial Physics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Neustrelitz, Germany
Chris Hall
Tromsø Geophysical Observatory, Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
deceased, Peter Hoffmann on 29 October 2020 and Chris Hall on 9 August 2021
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Short summary
To study long-term trends in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (70–100 km), we established two summer length definitions and analyzed the variability over the years (2004–2020). After the analysis, we found significant trends in the summer beginning of one definition. Furthermore, we were able to extend one of the time series up to 31 years and obtained evidence of non-uniform trends and periodicities similar to those known for the quasi-biennial oscillation and El Niño–Southern Oscillation.
To study long-term trends in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (70–100 km), we established...