HR: 17:15h
AN: SA34A-06 [Abstracts]
TI: Global Occurrence Statistics of Mesospheric Inversion Layers Obtained From SABER Temperature
Profiles
AU: * Winick, J R
EM: Jeremy.Winick@hanscom.af.mil
AF: AFRL/VSBYB, 29 Randolph Rd., Hanscom AFB, MA 01731
United States
AU: Wintersteiner, P P
EM: winters@arcon.com
AF: Arcon Corp., 260 Bear Hill Rd., Waltham, MA 02451
United States
AU: Picard, R H
EM: Richard.Picard@hanscom.af.mil
AF: AFRL/VSBYB, 29 Randolph Rd., Hanscom AFB, MA 01731
United States
AU: Mertens, C J
EM: c.j.mertens@larc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA/LaRC, 21 Langley Blvd., Hampton, VA 23681
United States
AU: Mlynczak, M G
EM: m.g.mlynczak@larc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA/LaRC, 21 Langley Blvd., Hampton, VA 23681
United States
AU: Hagan, M E
EM: hagan@ucar.edu
AF: NCAR/HAO, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307
United States
AU: Ward, W E
EM: wward@unb.ca
AF: Univ. of New Brunswick, Dept. of Physics,
8 Bailey Dr., Fredericton, NB E3B5A3
Canada
AU: Russell, J M
EM: James.Russell@hamptonu.edu
AF: Hampton Univ., Center for Atmospheric Sciences,
21 Tyler St., Hampton, VA 23668
United States
AU: Gordley, L L
EM: larry@gats-inc.com
AF: GATS, Inc., 11864 Cannon Blvd., Newport News, VA 23606
United States
AB:
We examine the global morphology of mesospheric inversion layers (MILs) using the unprecedented temperature database derived
from the SABER instrument on the TIMED satellite which so far covers the period 2002 to mid 2004. The 100 percent duty cycle
of the SABER instrument allows us to get nearly global coverage of temperature profiles from 52S-83N (or 83S-52N in the
opposite phase of the yaw cycle). With this data we have catalogued the occurrence and amplitude of inversion layers as a
function of local time and latitude for equinox and solstice. For each season we use data from an entire yaw cycle (about 62
days) in order to cover all local times. Preliminary results show a large occurrence frequency of MILs with amplitudes of
greater than 20K (at equinox) with the largest amplitudes and highest occurrence rates in the equatorial region. We
correlate the occurrence of MILs and their amplitude with the expected tidal phase and amplitude and map the horizontal
extent of the larger MILs.
DE: 3334 Middle atmosphere dynamics (0341, 0342)
DE: 3360 Remote sensing
DE: 3384 Waves and tides
DE: 0310 Airglow and aurora
DE: 0350 Pressure, density, and temperature
SC: SPA-Aeronomy [SA]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting