12th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Session 4: Mesosphere

Tuesday, 5 November 2002: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Papers:
  1:30 PM
4.1
Radar studies of the dynamics of the polar mesosphere
Robert A. Vincent, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia

  2:05 PM
4.2
The dynamics of seasonal variability in the global structure of the diurnal tide
David A. Ortland, NorthWest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA; and C. McLandress and M. J. Alexander

  2:20 PM
4.3
Impact of Tides on the Radiative Budget of the Mesosphere
Anne K. Smith, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. R. Marsh

  2:35 PM
4.4
The effects of gravity wave breaking in the upper mesosphere
Fabrizio Sassi, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. A. Boville, D. Kinnison, R. R. Garcia, and R. Roble

  2:50 PM
4.5
Generation of the two-day wave as a barotropic instability
Diane Pendlebury, NorthWest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA; and T. J. Dunkerton

  3:05 PM
4.6
OH column abundance over JPL's TMF 1997–2001: Analysis and interpretation
Franklin P. Mills, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and R. P. Cageao, V. Nemtchinov, S. P. Sander, B. Chu, Y. Jiang, M. Allen, E. Karpilovsky, Y. L. Yung, J. Russell III, and E. E. Remsberg

  3:20 PM
4.7
H2O Ice at the Mesopause: HALOE Ice Saturation Regions and PMC
Geoff Crowley, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX; and J. Olivero, C. Hackert, G. Thomas, J. Russell III, and L. Gordley

  3:35 PM
4.8
Mesospheric clouds, solar influences, and mystery within a changing atmosphere
John J. Olivero, Embry-Riddle University, Daytona Beach, FL; and G. E. Thomas, E. P. Shettle, M. T. DeLand, and S. P. Burton

  4:05 PM
Turbulence at the tropopause due to breaking Kelvin waves observed by the Equatorial Atmosphere Radar
Masatomo Fujiwara, Radio Science Center for Space and Atmosphere, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and M. K. Yamamoto, H. Hashiguchi, T. Horinouchi, and S. Fukao

  4:20 PM
Coffee Break

  4:50 PM
Discussion