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@ARTICLE{Offermann:17425,
author = {Offermann, D. and Wintel, J. and Kalicinsky, C. and
Knieling, P. and Koppmann, R. and Steinbrecht, W.},
title = {{L}ong term development of short period gravity waves in
{M}iddle {E}urope},
journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research},
volume = {116},
issn = {0148-0227},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {Union},
reportid = {PreJuSER-17425},
pages = {D00P07},
year = {2011},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {The long-term development of short-period gravity waves is
investigated using the analysis of temperature fluctuations
in the mesosphere. The temperature fluctuations are
quantified by their standard deviations sigma based on data
from OH measurements at Wuppertal (51 degrees N, 7 degrees
E) and Hohenpeissenberg (48 degrees N, 11 degrees E)
obtained from 1994 to 2009 at 87 km altitude. The
temperatures are Fourier analyzed in the spectral regime of
periods between 3 and 10 min. The resulting oscillation
amplitudes correlate very well with the standard deviations.
Shortest periods are taken as "ripples" that are indicative
of atmospheric instabilities/breaking gravity waves. In
consequence the standard deviations are used as proxies for
gravity wave activity and dissipation. This data set is
analyzed for seasonal, intradecadal, and interdecadal
(trend) variations. Seasonal changes show a double peak
structure with maxima occurring slightly before circulation
turnaround in spring and autumn. This is found to be in
close agreement with seasonal variations of turbulent eddy
coefficients obtained from WACCM 3.5. The intradecadal
variations show close correlations with the zonal wind and
the annual amplitude of the mesopause temperature. The
long-term trend (16 years) indicates an increase of gravity
wave activity of $1.5\%$ per year. Correspondences with
dynamical parameters such as zonal wind speed and summer
length are discussed.},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {IEK-7 / IEK-8},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-7-20101013 / I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-8-20101013},
pnm = {Atmosphäre und Klima},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK491},
shelfmark = {Meteorology $\&$ Atmospheric Sciences},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000293091600002},
doi = {10.1029/2010JD015544},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/17425},
}