Janches, D, Yu, AW, Krainak, MA et al. (11 more authors) (2019) The Atmospheric Coupling and Dynamics Across the Mesopause (ACaDAMe) mission. Advances in Space Research, 64 (10). pp. 1915-1925. ISSN 0273-1177
Abstract
The Atmospheric Coupling and Dynamics Across the Mesopause (ACaDAMe) is a mission designed to uniquely address critical questions involving multi-scale wave dynamics at key space weather (SWx) “gateway altitudes” of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) at ∼70–150 km. ACaDAMe observes with a nadir-pointing resonant lidar that utilizes the fluorescence of atomic Na present in the MLT. By tuning a laser to the Na absorption wavelength (589 nm), ACaDAMe would perform very high resolution measurements of temperature and Na densities across the mesopause during both day and night. In this manner, Na is used as tracer for observing and characterizing MLT waves generated by tropospheric weather that represent the dominant terrestrial source of energy and momentum affecting space weather and transport of mesospheric species.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of COSPAR. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Advances in Space Research. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Lidar; MLT dynamics; Gravity waves; Planetary waves tides |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Physics and Astronomy (Leeds) > Astrophysics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 31 Oct 2019 13:18 |
Last Modified: | 29 Jul 2020 00:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.asr.2019.07.012 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:152724 |