Temperature inversions in the mesosphere
Abstract
Mesospheric temperature profiles obtained by Rayleigh lidar in the south of France frequently show temperature inversions, with an amplitude as large as 40 K over a few km. A 2D dynamical model, developed to interpret these observations, showed that mesospheric inversions were mainly due to the vertical circulation induced by the breaking of gravity waves in the upper mesosphere.
- Publication:
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The Middle Atmosphere and Space Observations
- Pub Date:
- 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991maso.proc..261H
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Temperature;
- Gravity Waves;
- Mesosphere;
- Optical Radar;
- Temperature Inversions;
- Dynamic Models;
- Middle Atmosphere;
- Rocket Sounding;
- Two Dimensional Models;
- Vertical Air Currents;
- Winter;
- Geophysics