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@ARTICLE{Rapp:904133,
author = {Rapp, Markus and Kaifler, Bernd and Dörnbrack, Andreas and
Gisinger, Sonja and Mixa, Tyler and Reichert, Robert and
Kaifler, Natalie and Knobloch, Stefanie and Eckert, Ramona
and Wildmann, Norman and Giez, Andreas and Krasauskas, Lukas
and Preusse, Peter and Geldenhuys, Markus and Riese, Martin
and Woiwode, Wolfgang and Friedl-Vallon, Felix and
Sinnhuber, Björn-Martin and Torre, Alejandro de la and
Alexander, Peter and Hormaechea, Jose Luis and Janches,
Diego and Garhammer, Markus and Chau, Jorge L. and Conte, J.
Federico and Hoor, Peter and Engel, Andreas},
title = {{SOUTHTRAC}-{GW}: {A}n {A}irborne {F}ield {C}ampaign to
{E}xplore {G}ravity {W}ave {D}ynamics at the {W}orld’s
{S}trongest {H}otspot},
journal = {Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society},
volume = {102},
number = {4},
issn = {0003-0007},
address = {Boston, Mass.},
publisher = {ASM},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-05703},
pages = {E871 - E893},
year = {2021},
abstract = {The southern part of South America and the Antarctic
peninsula are known as the world’s strongest hotspot
region of stratospheric gravity wave (GW) activity. Large
tropospheric winds are deflected by the Andes and the
Antarctic Peninsula and excite GWs that might propagate into
the upper mesosphere. Satellite observations show large
stratospheric GW activity above the mountains, the Drake
Passage, and in a belt centered along 60°S. This
scientifically highly interesting region for studying GW
dynamics was the focus of the Southern Hemisphere Transport,
Dynamics, and Chemistry–Gravity Waves (SOUTHTRAC-GW)
mission. The German High Altitude and Long Range Research
Aircraft (HALO) was deployed to Rio Grande at the southern
tip of Argentina in September 2019. Seven dedicated research
flights with a typical length of 7,000 km were conducted to
collect GW observations with the novel Airborne Lidar for
Middle Atmosphere research (ALIMA) instrument and the
Gimballed Limb Observer for Radiance Imaging of the
Atmosphere (GLORIA) limb sounder. While ALIMA measures
temperatures in the altitude range from 20 to 90 km, GLORIA
observations allow characterization of temperatures and
trace gas mixing ratios from 5 to 15 km. Wave perturbations
are derived by subtracting suitable mean profiles. This
paper summarizes the motivations and objectives of the
SOUTHTRAC-GW mission. The evolution of the atmospheric
conditions is documented including the effect of the
extraordinary Southern Hemisphere sudden stratospheric
warming (SSW) that occurred in early September 2019.
Moreover, outstanding initial results of the GW observation
and plans for future work are presented.},
cin = {IEK-7},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-7-20101013},
pnm = {2112 - Climate Feedbacks (POF4-211) / 2A3 - Remote Sensing
(CARF - CCA) (POF4-2A3)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2112 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2A3},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000651498500014},
doi = {10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0034.1},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/904133},
}