@Article{FrittsIJLRMVRMTKBH:2019:StVaMe,
               author = "Fritts, David C. and Iimura, Hiroyuki and Janches, Diego and 
                         Lieberman, Ruth S. and Riggin, Dennis M. and Mitchell, Nicholas J. 
                         and Vicent, Robert A. and Reid, Iain M. and Murphy, Damian J. and 
                         Tsutsumi, Masaki and Kavanagh, Andrew J. and Batista, Paulo Prado 
                         and Hocking, Wayne K.",
          affiliation = "GATS, Boulder and GATS, Boulder and {NASA Goddard Space Flight 
                         Center} and {NASA Goddard Space Flight Center} and GATS, Boulder 
                         and {University of Bath} and {University of Adelaide} and 
                         {University of Adelaide} and Department of the Environment and 
                         Energy, Kingston and {National Institute of Polar Research and The 
                         Graduate University of Advanced Studies} and {British Antarctic 
                         Survey} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and 
                         {University of Western Ontario}",
                title = "Structure, variability, and mean\‐flow interactions of the 
                         January 2015 quasi\‐2\‐day wave at middle and high 
                         southern latitudes",
              journal = "Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres",
                 year = "2019",
               volume = "124",
               number = "12",
                pages = "5981--6008",
                month = "June",
             keywords = "quasi-2-day wave, quasi-2-day wave transience, planetary-wave, 
                         mean-flow interactions, planetary-wave Eliassen-Palm fluxes.",
             abstract = "The structure, variability, and mean-flow interactions of the 
                         quasi-2-day wave (Q2DW) in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere 
                         during January 2015 were studied employing meteor and 
                         medium-frequency radar winds at eight sites from 23 degrees S to 
                         76 degrees S and Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) temperature and 
                         geopotential height measurements from 30 degrees S to 80 degrees 
                         S. The event had a duration of 20-25 days, dominant periods of 
                         44-52 hr, temperature amplitudes as large as 16 K, and zonal and 
                         meridional wind amplitudes as high as 40 and 80 m/s, respectively, 
                         at middle and lower latitudes. MLS measurements enabled definition 
                         of balance winds that agreed well with radar wind amplitudes and 
                         phases at middle latitudes where amplitudes were large and 
                         quantification of the various Q2DW modes contributing to the full 
                         wave field. The Q2DW event was composed primarily of the westward 
                         zonal wavenumber 3 (W3) mode but also had measurable amplitudes in 
                         other westward modes W1, W2, and W4; eastward modes E1 and E2; and 
                         stationary mode S0. Of the secondary modes, W1, W2, and E2 had the 
                         larger amplitudes. Inferred MLS balance winds enabled estimates of 
                         the Eliassen-Palm fluxes for each mode, and cumulative zonal 
                         accelerations that were found to be in reasonable agreement with 
                         radar estimates from 35 degrees S to 70 degrees S at the lower 
                         altitudes at which radar winds were available.",
                  doi = "10.1029/2018JD029728",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018JD029728",
                 issn = "2169-897X",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = 
                         Fritts_et_al-2019-Journal_of_Geophysical_Research__Atmospheres.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "25 abr. 2024"
}