Project information
Project aim
A thorough understanding of the coupling and dynamics of the Antarctic lower atmosphere is critical for understanding how it will respond to climate change. However, this region of the atmosphere has not been studied in sufficient detail. Energy and momentum are redistributed in the atmosphere by large scale planetary waves and small scale gravity (buoyancy) waves. By combining the high-resolution instruments from Davis with global satellite observations, these waves and their effect on the atmosphere will be understood. Results from this project will be of value to modellers for improving global climate models.
Related publications
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Constraining Ice Water Content of Thin Antarctic Cirrus Clouds Using Ground-Based Lidar and Satellite Data Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2021
(Ref: 16726)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Winter 2018 major sudden stratospheric warming impact on midlatitude mesosphere from microwave radiometer measurements Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2019
(Ref: 16213)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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GPS Radio Occultation Research – An Australian Perspective. Fifth International Workshop on Occultations for Probing Atmosphere and Climate, Leibnitz, Austria, September 2013, 2013
(Ref: 15142)
Authors:Category 3: Verbal presentation
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Wave Dynamics in the Antarctic Region. Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 10th Annual Meeting, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 24-28 June 2013, 2013
(Ref: 15141)
Category 3: Verbal presentation
The upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a highly coupled region of the atmosphere where radiation, dynamics, clouds and chemical processes interact on a wide variety of spatial and temporal scales. We use a suite of instruments at Davis, Antarctica (69S, 78E)…
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On the use of GPS-RO to quantify the effect of mountain waves on polar stratosphere clouds and to diagnose polar UTLS dynamical processes. Fifth International Workshop on Occultations for Probing Atmosphere and Climate, Leibnitz, Austria, September 2013, 2013
(Ref: 15143)
Category 3: Poster