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Advanced atmospheric temperature measurement techniques using radar meteor echoes

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K13888
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Space and upper atmospheric physics
Research InstitutionNational Institute of Polar Research

Principal Investigator

Tsutsumi Masaki  国立極地研究所, 研究教育系, 准教授 (80280535)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 野澤 悟徳  名古屋大学, 宇宙地球環境研究所, 准教授 (60212130)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) OGAWA Yasunobu  国立極地研究所, 研究教育系, 准教授 (00362210)
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Keywords極域中間圏界面 / 大気温度 / 流星レーダー / 電子温度 / 両極性拡散係数 / 中間圏界面温度観測 / 流星エコー / 両極性分子拡散 / 極域 / 電離層電場 / 分子拡散 / 超高層物理学 / 中間圏界面温度
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Existing ‘absolute’ temperature measurement techniques in the mesopause region using radar meteor echoes need empirical atmospheric parameters such as vertical temperature gradient, which may not always be appropriate. We have developed a technique without need for additional information other than meteor radar data by combining the existence method and the ‘relative’ temperature measurement technique which we developed in 1990s.
In the course of the present study, we have found for the first time that meteor trails in the polar region can diffuse much faster than usual under geomagnetically disturbed conditions. Through comparison with incoherent radar and Na temperature lidar measurements we further found that highly enhanced electron temperature was responsible for the anomalous diffusion. Such electron temperature enhancement in the polar mesosphere has not been known so far, and is expected to be useful for coupling studies between neutral and ionized atmospheres.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (23 results)

All 2018 2017 2016 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (4 results) Journal Article (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results,  Peer Reviewed: 8 results,  Open Access: 3 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 8 results,  Invited: 4 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Arctic Norway(Norway)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics(Germany)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics(Germany)

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Arctic University of Norway(Norway)

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Application of Manley-Rowe Relation in Analyzing Nonlinear Interactions Between Planetary Waves and the Solar Semidiurnal Tide During 2009 Sudden Stratospheric Warming Event2017

    • Author(s)
      He, M., Chau, J.L., Stober, G., Hall, C.M., Tsutsumi, M., Hoffmann, P
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research

      Volume: 122 Issue: 10

    • DOI

      10.1002/2017ja024630

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Experimental Evidence of Arctic Summer Mesospheric Upwelling and its Connection to Cold Summer Mesopause2017

    • Author(s)
      Laskar, F. I. , J. L. Chau, J. P. St-Maurice, G. Stober, C. M. Hall, M. Tsutsumi, J. Hoeffner, and P. Hoffmann
    • Journal Title

      Geophysical Research Letters

      Volume: 44 Issue: 18 Pages: 9151-9158

    • DOI

      10.1002/2017gl074759

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Polar mesospheric horizontal divergence and relative vorticity measurements using multiple specular meteor radars2017

    • Author(s)
      Chau, J.L., Stober, G., Hall, C.M., Tsutsumi, M., Laskar, F.I., Hoffmann, P.
    • Journal Title

      Radio Science

      Volume: 52 Issue: 7 Pages: 811-828

    • DOI

      10.1002/2016rs006225

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Depletion of mesospheric sodium during extended period of pulsating aurora2017

    • Author(s)
      T. Takahashi, K. Hosokawa, S. Nozawa, T. T. Tsuda, Y. Ogawa, M. Tsutsumi, Y. Hiraki, H. Fujiwara, T. D. Kawahara, N. Saito, S. Wada, T. Kawabata, and C. Hall
    • Journal Title

      J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics

      Volume: 122 Issue: 1 Pages: 1212-1220

    • DOI

      10.1002/2016ja023472

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Frequency spectra and vertical profiles of wind fluctuations in the summer Antarctic mesosphere revealed by MST radar observations2017

    • Author(s)
      Kaoru Sato, Masashi Kohma, Masaki Tsutsumi, and Toru Sato
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research

      Volume: 122 Issue: 1 Pages: 3-19

    • DOI

      10.1002/2016jd025834

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Properties of inertia-gravity waves in the lowermost stratosphere as observed by the PANSY radar over Syowa Station in the Antarctic2016

    • Author(s)
      M. Mihalikova, K. Sato, M. Tsutsumi, and T. Sato
    • Journal Title

      Annales Geophysicae

      Volume: 5 Issue: 5 Pages: 543-555

    • DOI

      10.5194/angeo-34-543-2016

    • NAID

      120005829421

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Neutral atmosphere temperature trends and variability at 90 km, 70°N, 19°E, 2003-20142016

    • Author(s)
      Holmen, S. E., Hall, C., and Tsutsumi, M.
    • Journal Title

      Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

      Volume: 16 Issue: 12 Pages: 7853-7866

    • DOI

      10.5194/acp-16-7853-2016

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Quasi-biennial oscillation modulation of themiddleand high-latitude mesospheric semidiurnal tides during August-September2016

    • Author(s)
      Fazlul I. Laskar, Jorge L. Chau, Gunter Stober, Peter Hoffmann, Chris M. Hall, and M. Tsutsumi
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research

      Volume: 121 Issue: 5 Pages: 4869-4879

    • DOI

      10.1002/2015ja022065

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Atmospheric gravity wave study based on meteor temperature2018

    • Author(s)
      Masaki Tsutsumi
    • Organizer
      New Features in the Meteor Radar Observations and Applications for Space Research (ISSI team meating)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Anomalous ambipolar diffusion observed using meteor radars in northern high latitudes2018

    • Author(s)
      Masaki Tsutsumi, Yasunobu Ogawa, Satonori Nozawa, and Chris Hall
    • Organizer
      New Features in the Meteor Radar Observations and Applications for Space Research (ISSI team meating)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Introduction to Atmospheric Radar Studies in the Polar Regions2017

    • Author(s)
      Masaki Tsutsumi
    • Organizer
      Annual General Meeting of AFoPS 2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Anomalous ambipolar diffusion observed using meteor radars in northern high latitudes2017

    • Author(s)
      Masaki Tsutsumi, Yasunobu Ogawa, Satonori Nozawa, and Chris Hall
    • Organizer
      The 15th International Workshop on Technical and Scientific Aspects of MST Radar
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 北極域流星レーダーで異常増大の観測された両極性拡散係数の考察2016

    • Author(s)
      堤雅基、小川泰信、野澤悟徳、 Chris Hall
    • Organizer
      第30回大気圏シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      JAXA宇宙科学研究所
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-05
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 北極域の流星レーダーにより観測される両極性拡散係数の異常増大2016

    • Author(s)
      堤雅基、小川泰信、野澤悟徳、Chris Hall
    • Organizer
      地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会第140 回総会・講演
    • Place of Presentation
      福岡市 九州大学伊都キャンパス
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-21
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Characteristics of mesosphere echo es over Antarctica obtained using PANSY and MF radars2016

    • Author(s)
      Masaki TSUTSUMI, Kaoru SATO, Toru SATO, Takuji NAKAMURA, Koji NISHIMURA, YoshihiroTOMIKAWA, and Masashi KOHMA
    • Organizer
      International Symposium on the Whole Atmosphere (ISWA)
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-14
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 大気レーダー入門2016

    • Author(s)
      堤 雅基
    • Organizer
      MTI 研究集会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京都小金井市 情報通信研究機構 小金井本部
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-29
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] MF radar meteor observations2016

    • Author(s)
      Masaki Tsutsumi
    • Organizer
      Multistatic meteor radar workshop
    • Place of Presentation
      IAP, Kuhlungsborn, Germany
    • Year and Date
      2016-05-31
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Atmospheric gravity wave study based on meteor temperature2016

    • Author(s)
      Masaki Tsutsumi
    • Organizer
      Multistatic meteor radar workshop
    • Place of Presentation
      IAP, Kuhlungsborn, Germany
    • Year and Date
      2016-05-31
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Characteristics of mesosphere echoes over Antarctica obtained using PANSY and MF radars2016

    • Author(s)
      Masaki Tsutsumi, Kaoru Sato, Toru Sato, Takuji Nakamura, Koji Nishimura, Yoshihiro Tomikawa, Masashi Kohma
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union meeting 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      千葉, 幕張メッセ
    • Year and Date
      2016-05-24
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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