Analysis of gravity wave vertical propagation using optical and radio measurements

2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23740368
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Space and upper atmospheric physics
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: SUZUKI Shin 名古屋大学, 高等研究院(太), 特任助教 (60397479)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Keywords: 大気重力波 / 大気光 / リモートセンシング / 大気上下結合 / 国際協同観測実験

Research Abstract

We analysed the vertical propagation of gravity waves from the lower to the upper atmosphere from combined measurements with an airglow imager and lidars/radars in the northern Europe. Ray-tracing analysis suggested that the gravity wave observed in the mesospheric airglow was generated by a distortion of the polar jet at the tropopause height, approximately 2600 km away from the airglow observation site. This result implies that gravity waves could affect atmospheric dynamics in the ionosphere in regions far away from their source.
Based on this idea, we also developed an analysis environment for simultaneous airglow imaging network data from multipoint observations in Japan in order to investigate wave propagation structures with a spatial extent covering Japan. By using the network analysis, we showed, for the first time, "observational evidence for ducted gravity wave propagation over a very large distance" and "large concentric airglow structures induced by Typhoon Pongsona".

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Typhoon-induced concentric airglow structures in the mesopause region (2013)
  • Author(s): Suzuki, S. L. Vadas, K. Shiokawa, Y. Otsuka, S. Kawamura, and Y. Murayanla
  • Journal Title: Geophysical Research Letters Volume: Vol.40 Pages: 5983-5987
  • DOI: 10.1002/2013GLO58087
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Observation of nighttime medium-scale travelling ionospheric disturbances by two 630-nm airglow imagers near the auroral zone (2013)
  • Author(s): Shiokawa, K., M. Mori, Y. Otsuka, S. Oyama, S. Nozawa, S. Suzuki, and M. Connors
  • Journal Title: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics Volume: Vol.103 Pages: 184-194
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Evidence of gravity wave ducting in the mesopause region from airglow network observations (2013)
  • Author(s): Suzuki, S.,K. Shiokawa, Y. Otsuka, S. Kawamura, and Y. Murayama
  • Journal Title: Geophysical Research Letters Volume: Vol.40 Pages: 601-605
  • DOI: 10.1029/2012GLO54605
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Vertical propagation of a mesoscale gravity wave from the lower to the upper atmosphere (2013)
  • Author(s): Suzuki, S., F.-J. Lubken, G. Baumgarten, N. Kaifler, R. Eixmann, B. P. Williams, and T. Nakamura
  • Journal Title: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics Volume: Vol.97 Pages: 29-36
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Short-period gravity waves and ripples in the South Pole mesosphere (2011)
  • Author(s): Suzuki, S., M. Tsutsumi, S. E. Palo, Y. Ebihara, M. Taguchi, and M. Ejiri
  • Journal Title: Journal of Geophysical Research Volume: Vol.116 Pages: D19109
  • DOI: 10.1029/2011JDo15882
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Typhoon-induced concentric rings in the mesospheric airglow (2013)
  • Author(s): Suzuki ,S. L. Vadas, K. Shiokawa, and Y. Otsuka
  • Organizer: AGU Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, USA
  • Year and Date: 2013-12-13
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Small-scale gravity waves in the mesosphere obtained by multipoint airglow imaging observations (2013)
  • Author(s): Suzuki, S.,K. Shiokawa, and Y. Otsuka
  • Organizer: International CAWSES-II Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: Nagoya, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2013-11-21
• [Presentation] Ground-based imaging observations of the upper atmosphere (2013)
  • Author(s): Suzuki, S
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合2013年大会
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉
  • Year and Date: 2013-05-20
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Combined measurements of gravity waves with an airglow imager and ALOMAR lidars in Norway (2013)
  • Author(s): Suzuki, S., F.-J. Lubken, G. Baumgarten, U. Berger, N. Kaifler, P. Hoffmann, R. Eixmann, B. P. Williams, and T. Nakamura
  • Organizer: The 3rd International Symposium on the Arctic Research
  • Place of Presentation: Tokyo, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2013-01-15
• [Presentation] 地上光学観測で見る大気重力波が担う大気上下結合 (2012)
  • Author(s): 鈴杢臣
  • Organizer: 平成24年度 名古屋大学太陽地球環境研究所研究集会「火星大気圏・電磁圏研究会」
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
  • Year and Date: 2012-12-21
  • Invited
• [Presentation] OMTIネットワークを用いた中間圏重力波の多地点観測 (2012)
  • Author(s): 鈴木臣, 塩川和夫, 大塚雄一, 村山泰啓, 川村誠治
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合2012年大会
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉
  • Year and Date: 2012-05-23
• [Presentation] Vertical propagation of gravity waves in the middle and upper atmosphere (2011)
  • Author(s): Suzuki, S., F.-J. Lubken, G. Baumgarten, U. Berger, N. Kaifler, P. Hoffmann, R. Eixmann, B. P. Williams, and T. Nakamura
  • Organizer: AGU Fall Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, USA
  • Year and Date: 2011-12-07
• [Presentation] Gravity wave propagation from lower to upper atmosphere derived from airglow and lidar measurements (2011)
  • Author(s): Suzuki, S.,G. Baumgarten, B. Kaifler, N. Kaifler, B. P. Williams, T. Nakamura, M. K. Ejiri, H. Suzuki, M. Gerding, and F.-J. Lubken
  • Organizer: International Union of Geophysics and Geodesy Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Melbourne, Australia
  • Year and Date: 2011-07-03
• [Remarks] ドイツおよびノルウェーでの大気光観測データは下記ウェッブページで公開している. ホームページ等
  • URL: http://stdb2.stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp/member/shin/archive/nlidoli/midoli_nlain.html