1. Characterization of a Double Mesospheric Bore Over Europe
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Smith, Steven M., Stober, Gunter, Jacobi, Christoph, Chau, Jorge L., Gerding, Michael, Mlynczak, Martin G., Russell, James M., Baumgardner, Jeffrey L., Mendillo, Michael, Lazzarin, Monica, Umbriaco, Gabriel, and Umbriaco, Gabriele
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Disturbance (geology) ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Atmospheric sciences ,01 natural sciences ,Mesosphere ,Geophysics ,Space and Planetary Science ,Observatory ,Climatology ,Western europe ,0103 physical sciences ,Mesopause ,Satellite ,Gravity wave ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Geology ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
Observations of a pair of mesospheric bore disturbances that propagated through the nighttime mesosphere over Europe are presented. The observations were made at the Padua Observatory, Asiago (45.9°N, 11.5°E) by the Boston University all-sky imager on 11 March 2013. The bores appeared over the north-west horizon, approximately 30 minutes apart, and propagated towards the south-east. Using additional satellite and radar data, we present evidence indicating the bores originated in the mesosphere from a single, larger-scale mesospheric disturbance propagating through the mesopause region. Furthermore, the large-scale mesospheric disturbance appeared to be associated with an intense weather disturbance that moved southeastwards over the United Kingdom and Western Europe during 10 and 11 March.
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- 2017
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