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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1084
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1084
29 Apr 2024
 | 29 Apr 2024

Global scale gravity wave analysis methodology for the ESA Earth Explorer 11 candidate CAIRT

Sebastian Rhode, Peter Preusse, Jörn Ungermann, Inna Polichtchouk, Kaoru Sato, Shingo Watanabe, Manfred Ern, Karlheinz Nogai, Björn-Martin Sinnhuber, and Martin Riese

Abstract. In the past, satellite climatologies of gravity waves (GWs) have initiated progress in their representation in global models. However, these could not provide the phase speed and direction distributions needed for a better understanding of the interaction between GWs and the large-scale winds directly. The ESA Earth Explorer 11 candidate CAIRT could provide such observations. CAIRT would use a limb imaging Michelson interferometer resolving a wide spectral range allowing temperature and trace gas mixing ratios measurements. With the proposed instrument design, a vertical resolution of 1 km, an along-track sampling of 50 km, and an across-track sampling of 25 km in a 400 km wide swath will be achieved. In particular, this allows for the observation of 3-dimensional, GW-resolving temperature fields throughout the middle atmosphere.

In this work, we present the methodology for the GW analysis of CAIRT observations using a limited-volume 3D sinusoidal fit (S3D) wave analysis technique. We assess the capability of CAIRT to provide high-quality GW fields by generating synthetic satellite observations from high-resolution model data and comparing the synthetic observations to the original model fields. For the assessment, wavelength spectra, phase speed spectra, horizontal distributions, and zonal means of GW momentum flux (GWMF) are considered. The atmospheric events we use to exemplify the capabilities of CAIRT are the 2006 sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) event, the QBO in the tropics, and the mesospheric pre-conditioning phase of the 2019 SSW event.

Our findings indicate that CAIRT would provide highly reliable observations of global scale GW distributions and drag patterns but also of specific wave events and their associated wave parameters. Even under worse-than-expected noise levels of the instrument, the resulting GW measurements are highly consistent with the original model data. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the estimated GW parameters can be used for ray tracing, which physically extends the horizontal coverage of the observations beyond the orbit tracks.

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02 Oct 2024
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Global-scale gravity wave analysis methodology for the ESA Earth Explorer 11 candidate CAIRT
Sebastian Rhode, Peter Preusse, Jörn Ungermann, Inna Polichtchouk, Kaoru Sato, Shingo Watanabe, Manfred Ern, Karlheinz Nogai, Björn-Martin Sinnhuber, and Martin Riese
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 5785–5819, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-5785-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-5785-2024, 2024
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Sebastian Rhode, Peter Preusse, Jörn Ungermann, Inna Polichtchouk, Kaoru Sato, Shingo Watanabe, Manfred Ern, Karlheinz Nogai, Björn-Martin Sinnhuber, and Martin Riese

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  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-1084', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Jun 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Sebastian Rhode, 08 Aug 2024
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-1084', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Jul 2024
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Sebastian Rhode, 08 Aug 2024

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-1084', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Jun 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Sebastian Rhode, 08 Aug 2024
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-1084', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Jul 2024
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Sebastian Rhode, 08 Aug 2024

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AR by Sebastian Rhode on behalf of the Authors (08 Aug 2024)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (09 Aug 2024) by Robin Wing
AR by Sebastian Rhode on behalf of the Authors (19 Aug 2024)

Journal article(s) based on this preprint

02 Oct 2024
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Global-scale gravity wave analysis methodology for the ESA Earth Explorer 11 candidate CAIRT
Sebastian Rhode, Peter Preusse, Jörn Ungermann, Inna Polichtchouk, Kaoru Sato, Shingo Watanabe, Manfred Ern, Karlheinz Nogai, Björn-Martin Sinnhuber, and Martin Riese
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 5785–5819, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-5785-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-5785-2024, 2024
Short summary Executive editor
Sebastian Rhode, Peter Preusse, Jörn Ungermann, Inna Polichtchouk, Kaoru Sato, Shingo Watanabe, Manfred Ern, Karlheinz Nogai, Björn-Martin Sinnhuber, and Martin Riese
Sebastian Rhode, Peter Preusse, Jörn Ungermann, Inna Polichtchouk, Kaoru Sato, Shingo Watanabe, Manfred Ern, Karlheinz Nogai, Björn-Martin Sinnhuber, and Martin Riese

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We investigate the capabilities of a proposed satellite mission, CAIRT, for observing gravity waves throughout the middle atmosphere and present the necessary methodology for in-depth wave analysis. Our findings suggest that such a satellite mission is highly capable of resolving individual wave parameters and could give new insights into the role of gravity waves in the general atmospheric circulation and atmospheric processes.