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@ARTICLE{Preusse:19846,
author = {Preusse, P. and Dörnbrack, A. and Eckermann, S. D. and
Tan, K. A. and Riese, M. and Schäler, B. and Broutmann, D.
and Backmeister, J. and Offermann, D.},
title = {{S}pace based measurements of stratospheric mountain waves
by {CRISTA} 1 : sensitivity, method, and case study},
journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research},
volume = {107},
issn = {0148-0227},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {Union},
reportid = {PreJuSER-19846},
pages = {D23},
year = {2002},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {[1] The Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for
the Atmosphere (CRISTA) instrument measured stratospheric
temperatures and trace species concentrations with high
precision and spatial resolution during two missions. The
measuring technique is infrared limb-sounding of optically
thin emissions. In a general approach, we investigate the
applicability of the technique to measure gravity waves
(GWs) in the retrieved temperature data. It is shown that
GWs with wavelengths of the order of 100-200 km horizontally
can be detected. The results are applicable to any
instrument using the same technique. We discuss additional
constraints inherent to the CRISTA instrument. The vertical
field of view and the influence of the sampling and
retrieval imply that waves with vertical wavelengths similar
to3-5 km or larger can be retrieved. Global distributions of
GW fluctuations were extracted from temperature data
measured by CRISTA using Maximum Entropy Method (MEM) and
Harmonic Analysis (HA), yielding height profiles of vertical
wavelength and peak amplitude for fluctuations in each
scanned profile. The method is discussed and compared to
Fourier transform analyses and standard deviations. Analysis
of data from the first mission reveals large GW amplitudes
in the stratosphere over southernmost South America. These
waves obey the dispersion relation for linear
two-dimensional mountain waves (MWs). The horizontal
structure on 6 November 1994 is compared to temperature
fields calculated by the Pennsylvania State University
(PSU)/ National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
mesoscale model (MM5). It is demonstrated that precise
knowledge of the instrument's sensitivity is essential.
Particularly good agreement is found at the southern tip of
South America where the MM5 accurately reproduces the
amplitudes and phases of a large-scale wave with 400 km
horizontal wavelength. Targeted ray-tracing simulations
allow us to interpret some of the observed wave features. A
companion paper will discuss MWs on a global scale and
estimates the fraction that MWs contribute to the total
GWenergy (Preusse et al., in preparation, 2002).},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {ICG-I},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB47},
pnm = {Chemie und Dynamik der Geo-Biosphäre},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK257},
shelfmark = {Meteorology $\&$ Atmospheric Sciences},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000180490000005},
doi = {10.1029/2001JD000699},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/19846},
}