Three dimensional lower thrmosphere wind observations

• Project/Area Number: 25610145
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Space and upper atmospheric physics
• Research Institution: National 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): TOMIKAWA Yoshihiro 国立極地研究所, 研究教育系, 准教授 (20435499)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): NAKAMURA Takuji 国立極地研究所, 研究教育系, 教授 (40217857) ; SATO Kaoru 東京大学, 理学系研究科, 教授 (90251496) ; SATO Toru 京都大学, 情報学研究科, 教授 (60162450)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
• Keywords: 南極昭和基地大気レーダー / 流星エコー観測 / 中間圏 / 多チャンネル観測 / 中間圏下部熱圏 / 極域 / 大型大気レーダー / 流星 / 多チャンネル受信 / リモートセンシング / 風速３次元イメージング / 風速3次元イメージング

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A meteor wind observation technique has been developed using the large aperture atmospheric radar at Syowa, Antarctica (PANSY radar) in order to strengthen the existing turbulence echo based mesosphere observation. This meteor technique is characterized by the use of 55 receiving channels. The unprecedented number in the history of meteor echo observations is 10 times as many as that of conventional meteor radars. The selection method of 55 receiving antennas from the whole antenna array and also algorithm to detect very faint meteor echoes in real-time have been developed and successfully tested using PANSY radar. A feasibility study has also been made to conduct meteor observations as a by-product of the turbulence echo measurement.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Seasonal and Interannual Variation of Mesospheric Gravity Waves Based on MF Radar Observations over 15 Years at Syowa Station in the Antarctic (2016)
  • Author(s): Ryosuke Yasui, Kaoru Sato and Masaki Tsutsumi
  • Journal Title: SOLA Volume: 12 Issue: 0 Pages: 46-50
  • DOI: 10.2151/sola.2016-010
  • NAID: 130005128578
  • ISSN: 1349-6476
  • 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 Antarctic (2016)
  • 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
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Characteristics of vertical wind fluctuations in the lower troposphere at Syowa Station in the Antarctic revealed by the PANSY radar (2016)
  • Author(s): Minamihara, Y., K. Sato, M. Kohma, and M. Tsutsumi
  • Journal Title: SOLA Volume: in press
  • NAID: 130005151457
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Height and time characteristics of seasonal and diurnal variations in PMWE based on 1 year observations by the PANSY radar (69.0 S, 39.6 E) (2015)
  • Author(s): Nishiyama, T., K. Sato, T. Nakamura M. Tsutsumi, T. Sato, M. Kohma, K. Nishimura, Y. Tomikawa, M. K. Ejiri and T. T. Tsuuda
  • Journal Title: Geophys. Res. Lett. Volume: 42 Issue: 7 Pages: 2100-2108
  • DOI: 10.1002/2015gl063349
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Vertical Wind Disturbances during a strong wind event observed by the PANSY radar at Syowa Station, Antarctica (2015)
  • Author(s): Yoshihiro Tomikawa, Masahiro Nomoto, Hiroaki Miura, Masaki Tsutsumi, Koji Nishimura, Takuji Nakamura, Hisao Yamagishi, Takashi Yamanouchi, Toru Sato, Kaoru Sato
  • Journal Title: Monthly Weather Review Volume: 143 Issue: 5 Pages: 1804-1821
  • DOI: 10.1175/mwr-d-14-00289.1
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A study of multiple tropopause structures caused by inertia-gravity waves in the Antarctic (2015)
  • Author(s): Ryosuke Shibuya, Kaoru Sato, Yoshihiro Tomikawa, Masaki Tsutsumi, and Toru Sato
  • Journal Title: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences Volume: 72 Issue: 5 Pages: 2109-2130
  • DOI: 10.1175/jas-d-14-0228.1
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Variations of nitric oxide in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere over Antarctica associated with a magnetic storm in April 2012 (2014)
  • Author(s): Isono, Y., A. Mizuno, T. Nagahama, Y. Miyoshi, T. Nakamura, R. Kataoka, M. Tsutsumi, M. K. Ejiri, H. Fujiwara, and H. Maezawa
  • Journal Title: Geophysical Research Letters Volume: 41 Issue: 7 Pages: 2568-2574
  • DOI: 10.1002/2014gl059360
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Program of the Antarctic Syowa MST/IS radar (PANSY) (2013)
  • Author(s): K. Sato, M. Tsutsumi, T. Sato, T. Nakamura, A. Saito, Y. Tbmikawa, K. Nishimura, M. Kohma, H. Yamagishi, and T. Yamanouchi
  • Journal Title: Journal of Atmosphere and Solar-Terrestrial Physics Volume: 118 Pages: 2-15
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2013.08.022
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Simultaneous PMC and PMSE observations with a ground-based lidar and SuperDARN HF radar at Syowa Station, Antarctica (2013)
  • Author(s): Suzuki, H., T. Nakamura, M. K. Ejiri, T. Ogawa, M. Tsutsumi, M. Abo, T. D. Kawahara, Y. Tomikawa, A. S. Yukimatu, N. Sato
  • Journal Title: Ann. Geophys. Volume: ３１ Issue: 10 Pages: 1793-1803
  • DOI: 10.5194/angeo-31-1793-2013
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Decrease in sodium density observed during auroral particle precipitation over Tromsø, Norway (2013)
  • Author(s): T. T. Tsuda, S. Nozawa, T. D. Kawahara, T. Kawabata, N. Saito, S . Wada, Y. Ogawa, S. Oyama, C. M . Hall, M. Tsutsumi, M. K. Ejiri , S. Suzuki, T. Takahashi, and T . Nakamura
  • Journal Title: Geophys. Res. Lett. Volume: 40 Issue: 17 Pages: 4486-4490
  • DOI: 10.1002/grl.50897
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Characteristics of mesosphere echoes over Antarctica obtained using PANSY and MF radars (2016)
  • Author(s): M. Tsutsumi, K, Sato, T. Sato, T. Nakamura, K. Nishimura, Y. Tomikawa, and M. Kohma
  • Organizer: Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉、幕張、幕張メッセ
  • Year and Date: 2016-05-24
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] PANSYレーダーおよびMFレーダーによる中間圏高度エコーの比較 (2015)
  • Author(s): 堤雅基、佐藤薫、佐藤亨、中村卓司、西村耕司、冨川喜弘、高麗正史
  • Organizer: 地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会 第138回総会・講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京、東京大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-01
• [Presentation] 南極昭和基地(69S)上空の高度65-110kmにおける大気重力波活動度 (2015)
  • Author(s): 堤雅基
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合2015大会
  • Place of Presentation: 幕張, 幕張メッセ
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-26
• [Presentation] Program of the Antarctic Syowa MST/IS Radar (PANSY) (2014)
  • Author(s): K. Sato, M. Tsutsumi, T. Sato,T. Nakamura, A. Saito, Y. Tomikawa, K. Nishimura, M. Kohma, H. Yamagishi, T. Yamanouchi
  • Organizer: The 14th Workshop on Technical and Scientific Aspects of MST Radar MST14/iMST1
  • Place of Presentation: INPE (National Institute for Space Research), Sao Jose Doscampos, Brazil
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-25
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Characteristics of Short Period Tidal Components in Antarctic MLT above Syowa and Davis (2014)
  • Author(s): M. Tsutsumi and D. Murphy
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合2014大会
  • Place of Presentation: パシフィコ横浜、横浜
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-02
• [Presentation] 南極昭和基地大型大気レーダー(PANSY) による流星を利用した下部熱圏風速3 次元構造観測手法の開発 (2013)
  • Author(s): 堤雅基、佐藤薫、佐藤亨、中村卓司、齊藤昭則、冨川喜弘、西村耕司、山岸久雄、山内恭
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合2013年大会
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉県幕張 幕張メッセ
• [Presentation] 南極昭和基地大型大気レーダー (PANSY) による流星を利用した下部熱圏風速 3 次 元構造観測手法の開発 (2013)
  • Author(s): 堤雅基、佐藤薫、佐藤亨、中村卓司、齊藤昭則、冨川喜弘、西村耕司、山岸久雄、山内恭
  • Organizer: 地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会
  • Place of Presentation: 高知県高知市 高知大学
• [Remarks] 南極地域大型大気レーダーチームが「第８回海洋立国推進功労者表彰」（内閣総理大臣賞）を受賞
  • URL: http://www.nipr.ac.jp/info/notice/20150722.html
• [Remarks] 南極最大の大気レーダー「PANSYレーダー」が可能にする南極大気の精密研究
  • URL: http://www.nipr.ac.jp/info/notice/20150410.html
• [Remarks] 平成26年度科学技術分野の文部科学大臣表彰 科学技術賞を受賞
  • URL: http://www.nipr.ac.jp/info/notice/20140416.html
• [Remarks] 南極昭和基地大型大気レーダー計画
  • URL: http://pansy.eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/