Lidar Observations of Stratospheric Gravity Waves From 2011 to 2015 at McMurdo (77.84°S, 166.69°E), Antarctica: 2. Potential Energy Densities, Lognormal Distributions, and Seasonal Variations.
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...4512 thereby enabling them to have important influences on the upper atmosphere and ionosphere (Becker & Vadas, 2018; Bossert et al., 2017; Chu et al., 2018; de Wit et al., 2017; Fritts et al., 2016; Heale et al., 2017; Liu & Vadas, 2013; Vadas et al., 2014; Vadas & Becker, 2018; Vadas & Liu, 2009,…...
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...Other observations have demonstrated a positive correlation between GW activity and wind speed in the stratosphere (Chu et al., 2018; Llamedo et al., 2019)....
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...The “Q diagnostic” measures the relative contribution of strain and rotation in the flow (Malvern, 1969); Q is negative in regions where rotation is dominant and positive where there is strong shear....
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...…are known to play essential roles in transporting energy and momentum from the lower to the middle and upper atmosphere and in driving the general circulation of the Earth’s atmosphere (e.g., Fritts & Alexander, 2003; Hines, 1960, 1974; Hitchman et al., 1989; Holton, 1982, 1983; Lindzen, 1981)....
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...These gravity waves are then filtered by the prevailing wind system in the stratosphere such that only gravity waves with significant eastward phase speeds are relevant in the summer mesosphere (see Becker, 2012; Hoffmann et al., 2010; Lindzen, 1981)....
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...…are known to play essential roles in transporting energy and momentum from the lower to the middle and upper atmosphere and in driving the general circulation of the Earth’s atmosphere (e.g., Fritts & Alexander, 2003; Hines, 1960, 1974; Hitchman et al., 1989; Holton, 1982, 1983; Lindzen, 1981)....
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...…are known to play essential roles in transporting energy and momentum from the lower to the middle and upper atmosphere and in driving the general circulation of the Earth’s atmosphere (e.g., Fritts & Alexander, 2003; Hines, 1960, 1974; Hitchman et al., 1989; Holton, 1982, 1983; Lindzen, 1981)....
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...…are known to play essential roles in transporting energy and momentum from the lower to the middle and upper atmosphere and in driving the general circulation of the Earth’s atmosphere (e.g., Fritts & Alexander, 2003; Hines, 1960, 1974; Hitchman et al., 1989; Holton, 1982, 1983; Lindzen, 1981)....
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