武汉上空MLT中准16日波的流星雷达观测

利用武汉流星雷达2002年2月20日至2003年11月10日的观测数据,研究了武汉上空中间层-低热层(MLT)中的准16日波,即周期范围在12—20天的行星波。分析结果表明,16日波的纬向成分通常比经向成分要强．(1)在2002年和2003年,波振幅最强都出现在当年的秋季(约9月10日—10月10日)．Lomb-Scargle(L-S)谱分析得到振幅最大值约为16m／s．2002年夏季出现了同年次最强的波动,但2003年没有发现这一现象．两年的冬季都没有出现强的16日波．(2)2002年,在86—98km处波动较强,最大振幅(约16m／s)出现在90km、94km处,而2003年低高度的波动要比较高高度的波动强．武汉上空MLT中,秋季的16日波是能量上传的波动,即它的源在较低的大气层．2002年夏季的波动的能量是下行的,波源可能在南半球．     

Response of quasi-10-day waves in the MLT region to the sudden stratospheric warming in March 2020

We present an analysis of the response of quasi-10-day waves (Q10DWs) to the sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) event which occurred on March 23, 2020. The Q10DWs are observed in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) region by three meteor radars, which are located at middle latitudes along the 120°E meridian from Mohe (MH, 53.5°N, 122.3°E), Beijing (BJ, 40.3°N, 116.2°E), to Wuhan (WH, 30.5°N, 114.6°E). The Q10DWs reveal similar temporal and altitudinal variations during the SSW in the MLT region at the three stations. The activities of Q10DWs are also captured in the temperature measurements from the Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) on the Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics satellite in the MLT region. Further analysis of the Q10DW phases indicates that the Q10DWs might be in situ generated due to mesospheric instabilities at higher latitudes around MH and then propagate southward to lower latitudes at BJ and WH. The atmospheric instabilities are not directly responsible for the excitations of Q10DWs at lower latitudes, while the observed equatorward propagation of the Q10DWs is important. Our result provides the observational evidence for latitudinal couplings in the MLT region after the SSW onset, which is achieved by southward propagating planetary waves in the MLT region.