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@ARTICLE{Song:858098,
author = {Song, Rui and Kaufmann, Martin and Ern, Manfred and
Ungermann, Jörn and Liu, Guang and Riese, Martin},
title = {{T}hree-dimensional tomographic reconstruction of
atmospheric gravity waves in the mesosphere and lower
thermosphere ({MLT})},
journal = {Atmospheric measurement techniques},
volume = {11},
number = {5},
issn = {1867-8548},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {Copernicus},
reportid = {FZJ-2018-07016},
pages = {3161 - 3175},
year = {2018},
abstract = {Gravity waves (GWs) have been intensively studied over
recent decades because of their dominant role in the
dynamics of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT). The
momentum deposition caused by breaking GWs determines the
basic structure and drives the large-scale circulation in
the MLT. Satellite observations provide a way to qualify the
properties and effects of GWs on a global scale. As GWs can
propagate vertically and horizontally in the atmosphere,
resolving both horizontal and vertical wavelengths is
important for the quantification of a wave. However, this
can hardly be achieved by one instrument with a good spatial
coverage and resolution. In this paper, we propose a new
observation strategy, called "sweep mode", for a real
three-dimensional (3-D) tomographic reconstruction of GWs in
the MLT by modifying the observation geometry of
conventional limb sounding measurements. It enhances the
horizontal resolution that typical limb sounders can
achieve, while at the same time retaining the good vertical
resolution they have. This observation strategy is simulated
for retrieving temperatures from measurements of the
rotational structure of the O2 A-band airglow. The idea of
this observation strategy is to sweep the line of sight
(LOS) of the limb sounder horizontally across the orbital
track during the flight. Therefore, two-dimensional (2-D)
slices, i.e., vertical planes, that reveal the projection of
GWs can be observed in the direction along and across the
orbital track, respectively. The 3-D wave vector is then
reproduced by combining the projected 2-D wave slices in the
two directions. The feasibility of this sweep-mode
tomographic retrieval approach is assessed using simulated
measurements. It shows that the horizontal resolution in
both along- and across-track directions is affected by an
adjustable turning angle, which also determines the spatial
coverage of this observation mode. The retrieval results can
reduce the errors in deducing momentum flux substantially by
providing an unbiased estimation of the real horizontal
wavelength of a wave.},
cin = {IEK-7},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-7-20101013},
pnm = {244 - Composition and dynamics of the upper troposphere and
middle atmosphere (POF3-244)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-244},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000433948500001},
doi = {10.5194/amt-11-3161-2018},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/858098},
}