Year: 2023
Type: peer-review
Abstract: . A new dual-frequency Stratospheric Tropospheric (ST) / Meteor radar has been built and installed at the Langfang Observatory in northern China. It utilizes a novel two-frequency system design that allows interleaved operation at 53.8 MHz for ST mode and at 35.0 MHz for Meteor mode, thus optimizing performance for both ST wind retrieval and meteor trail detection. In dedicated meteor mode, the daily meteor count rate reaches over 40,000 and allows wind estimation at finer time resolutions than the 1-hour typical of most meteor radars. The root mean square uncertainty of the ST wind measurements is better than 2 m/s when estimating the line of best fit with radiosonde winds. Preliminary observation results for one month of winter gravity wave (GW) momentum fluxes in the mesosphere, lower stratosphere and troposphere are also presented. A case of waves generated by the passage of a cold front is found.
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,585
Funder: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Award: G8712648496
OpenAlex ID: W4389542737