Study of gravity wave characteristics in the polar mesopause region based on meteor echo observations

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19340143
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Space and upper atmospheric physics
• Research Institution: National Institute of Polar Research
• Principal Investigator: TSUTSUMI Masaki National Institute of Polar Research, 研究教育系, 准教授 (80280535)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ASO Takehiko 国立極地研究所, 名誉教授 (10026255) ; SATO Kaoru 東京大学, 大学院・理学系研究科, 教授 (90251496) ; YUKIMATU Akira 国立極地研究所, 研究教育系, 准教授 (70260007) ; NOZAWA Satonori 名古屋大学, 太陽地球環境研究所, 准教授 (60212130)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2010
• Keywords: 大気重力波 / 極域中間圏界面領域 / 流星エコー / 流星レーダー / SuperDARN / 大型大気レーダー

Research Abstract

Mainly based on radar meteor echo measurements we studied the behaviour of polar mesopause region (around 90 km altitude), especially, atmospheric gravity waves, which transport significant amount of momentum and energy in the atmosphere. Horizontal propagation directions of observed gravity waves showed clear seasonal and height dependence, which is thought to be due to interaction with background winds. We also developed techniques to apply meteor echo measurements to non-meteor radars such as SuperDARN radars in order to conduct more meteor echo observations in the polar region.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Variations of OH rotational temperature over Syowa Station in the austral winter of 2008 (2010)
  • Author(s): Hidehiko Suzuki, Yoshihiro Tomikawa, Makoto Taguchi, Takuji Nakamura, Masaki Tsutsumi
  • Journal Title: Earth Planets Space 62 Pages: 655-661
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Simultaneous airglow, lidar, and radar measurements of mesospheric gravity waves over Japan (2010)
  • Author(s): Suzuki S., T.Nakamura, M.K.Ejiri, M.Tsutsumi, K.Shiokawa, T.D.Kawahara
  • Journal Title: J.Geophys.Res. 115,D24113 Pages: doi:10.1029/2010JD014674
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The increase in OH rotational temperature during an active aurora event (2010)
  • Author(s): Suzuki H., M.Tsutsumi, T.Nakamura, M.Taguchi
  • Journal Title: Annales Geophysicae 28 Pages: 705-710
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Links between a stratospheric sudden warming and thermal structures and dynamics in the high-latitude mesosphere, lower thermosphere, and ionosphere (2010)
  • Author(s): J.Kurihara, Y.Ogawa, S.Oyama, S.Nozawa, M.Tsutsumi, C.M.Hall, Y.Tomikawa, R.Fujii
  • Journal Title: Geophys.Res.Lett. 37,L13806 Pages: doi:10.1029/2010GL043643
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Response of OH airglow temperatures to neutral air dynamics at 78N, 16E during the anomalous 2003-2004 winter (2010)
  • Author(s): Dyrland M.E., F.J.Mulligan, C.M.Hall, F.Sigernes, M.Tsutsumi, C.S.Deehr
  • Journal Title: J.Geophys.Res. 115 Pages: doi:10.1029/2009JD012726
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] MF radar observations of the diurnal tide over Syowa, Antarctica (69S, 40E) (2009)
  • Author(s): Tomikawa Y., Tsutsumi M.
  • Journal Title: Annales Geophysicae Volume27,Issue7 Pages: 2653-2659
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Source regions for Antarctic MLT non-migrating semidiurnal tides (2009)
  • Author(s): Murphy D.J., T.Aso, D.C.Fritts, R.E.Hibbins, A.J.McDonald, D.M.Riggin, M.Tsutsumi, R.A.Vincent
  • Journal Title: Geophys.Res.Lett. 36,L09805 Pages: doi:10.1029/2008GL037064
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Advanced SuperDARN meteor wind observations based on raw time series analysis technique (2009)
  • Author(s): M.Tsutsumi, A.S.Yukimatu, D.A.Holdsworth, M.Lester
  • Journal Title: Radio Sci. 44 Pages: doi:10.1029/2008RS003994
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Gravity wave momentum flux in the upper mesosphere derived from OH airglow imaging measurements (2007)
  • Author(s): S.Suzuki, K.Shiokawa, Y.Otsuka, T.Ogawa, M.Kubota, M.Tsutsumi, T.Nakamura, D.C.Fritts
  • Journal Title: Earth Planets Space 59 Pages: 421-428
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Atmospheric stability at 90 km, 78N, 16E. (2007)
  • Author(s): C.M.Hall, T.Aso, M.Tsutsumi
  • Journal Title: Earth Planets Space 59 Pages: 157-164
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Atmospheric gravity waves identified by ground-based observations of the intensity and rotational temperature of OH airglow (2007)
  • Author(s): Hidehiko Suzuki, Kazuo Shiokawa, Masaki Tsutsumi, Takuji Nakamura, Makoto Taguchi
  • Pages: doi:10.1016/j.polar
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Polar mesosphere and lower thermosphere dynamics : 1. Mean wind and gravity wave climatologies (2007)
  • Author(s): Dowdy A.J., R.A.Vincent, M.Tsutsumi, K Igarashi, Y.Murayama, W.Singer, D.J.Murphy
  • Journal Title: J.Geophys.Res. 112,D17104 Pages: doi:10.1029/2006JD008126
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Polar mesosphere and lower thermosphere dynamics : 2. Response to sudden stratospheric warmings (2007)
  • Author(s): Dowdy A.J., R.A.Vincent, M.Tsutsumi, K Igarashi, Y.Murayama, W.Singer, D.J.Murphy, D.M.Riggin
  • Journal Title: J.Geophys.Res. 112,D17105 Pages: doi:10.1029/2006JD008127
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 南極昭和基地大型大気レーダーの技術 (2010)
  • 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、麻生武彦、江尻全機、山内恭
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合2010年大会
  • Place of Presentation: 幕張
  • Year and Date: 2010-05-28
• [Presentation] 北欧3流星レーダーによる重力波解析 (2009)
  • Author(s): 堤雅基、野澤悟徳、Chris Hall M.、麻生武彦
  • Organizer: 第33回極域宙空圏シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 極地研究所
  • Year and Date: 20091112-20091113
• [Presentation] 北欧3流星レーダーによる重力波解析 (2009)
  • Author(s): 堤雅基、野澤悟徳、Hall Chris M.、麻生武彦
  • Organizer: 第126回地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会総会・講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 金沢大学 角間キャンパス
  • Year and Date: 20090927-20090930
• [Presentation] 北欧3流星レーダーによる重力波解析 (2009)
  • Author(s): 堤雅基、野澤悟徳、Hall Chris M.、麻生武彦
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合2009年大会
  • Place of Presentation: 幕張
  • Year and Date: 20090500
• [Presentation] 南極昭和基地における新しい大気観測計画 (2009)
  • Author(s): 堤雅基
  • Organizer: 南半球宇宙地球観測シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋大学 野依記念学術交流会館
  • Year and Date: 2009-06-25
• [Presentation] 昭和基地における極域超高層大気観測体制の現状 (2008)
  • Author(s): 堤雅基,山岸久雄,宮岡宏,門倉昭,小川泰信,行松彰,岡田雅樹,冨川喜弘,佐藤薫,佐藤亨,齊藤昭則,西村耕司,山内恭,麻生武彦,江尻全機,阿保真,中村卓司,川原琢也,水野亮
  • Organizer: 第124回地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台
  • Year and Date: 20081009-20081012
• [Presentation] 昭和基地における下部熱圏探査レーダー計画第32回極域宙空圏シンポジウム (2008)
  • Author(s): 堤雅基、佐藤薫、佐藤亨、斉藤昭則、冨川喜弘、西村耕司、山内恭、山岸久雄、麻生武彦、江尻全機、佐藤夏雄
  • Organizer: 国立極地研究所
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
  • Year and Date: 20080800
• [Presentation] 流星エコーを利用した重力波解析 (2008)
  • Author(s): 堤雅基
  • Organizer: 中間圏・熱圏・電離圏(MTI)研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京(招待講演)
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-28
• [Presentation] 極域大気ネットワーク観測 (2007)
  • Author(s): 堤雅基、麻生武彦、行松彰、田口真、冨川喜弘、川原琢也、野澤悟徳、海老原祐輔、村山泰啓、川村誠治、佐藤薫、中村卓司
  • Organizer: 第122回地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋
  • Year and Date: 20070928-20071001
• [Presentation] SuperDARNレーダーを利用した極域中間圏界面ネットワーク観測 (2007)
  • Author(s): 堤雅基、行松彰
  • Organizer: 第31回極域宙空圏シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 極地研究所
  • Year and Date: 20070700
• [Presentation] Operational meteor wind observations based on time series analysis (2007)
  • Author(s): Masaki Tsutsumi, Akira Sessai Yukimatu, David Holdsworth, Mark Lester
  • Organizer: SuperDARN workshop 2007
  • Place of Presentation: Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Year and Date: 20070604-20070608
• [Presentation] 改良型MSTレーダー流星観測による大気波動解析手法開発 (2007)
  • Author(s): 堤雅基、中村卓司、佐藤薫、麻生武彦、佐藤亨
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合2007年大会
  • Place of Presentation: 幕張
  • Year and Date: 20070519-20070524
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