Long‐Term Variability and Tendencies in Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere Winds From Meteor Radar Observations Over Esrange (67.9°N, 21.1°E)

Ramesh, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5642-8864; Mitchell, Nicholas J.; Hindley, Neil P.; Moffat-Griffin, Tracy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9670-6715. 2024 Long‐Term Variability and Tendencies in Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere Winds From Meteor Radar Observations Over Esrange (67.9°N, 21.1°E). Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129 (7), e2023JD040404. 24, pp. 10.1029/2023JD040404

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Abstract/Summary

Long-term variabilities of monthly zonal (U) and meridional winds (V) in northern polar mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT, ∼80–100 km) are investigated using meteor radar observations during 1999–2022 over Esrange (67.9°N, 21.1°E). The summer (June-August) mean zonal winds are characterized by westward flow up to ∼88–90 km and eastward flow above this height. The summer mean meridional winds are equatorward with strong jet at ∼85–90 km and it weakens above this height. The U and V exhibit strong interannual variability that varies with altitude and month or season. The responses of U and V anomalies (from 1999 to 2003) to solar cycle (SC), Quasi Biennial Oscillation at 10 and 30 hPa, El Niño-Southern Oscillation, North Atlantic Oscillation, ozone (O3) and carbon dioxide (CO2) are analyzed using multiple linear regression. From analysis, significant regions of correlations between MLT winds and above potential drivers vary with altitude and month. The positive responses of U and V to SC (up to 15 m/s/100 sfu) indicates the strengthening of eastward winds in mid-late winter, and poleward winds in late autumn and early winter. The O3 likely intensifies the eastward and poleward winds (∼100 m/s/ppmv) in winter and early spring. The CO2 significantly influence the eastward flow in late winter and summer (above ∼90–95 km) and strengthen the meridional circulation. The significant positive trend in U peaks in summer, late autumn and early winter (∼0.6 m/s/year), the negative trend in V is more prominent in summer above ∼90–95 km.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1029/2023JD040404
ISSN:	2169-897X
Additional Keywords:	zonal winds, meridional winds, meteor radar, multiple linear regression, trend
Date made live:	08 Apr 2024 10:07 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/537229

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