• A statistical study of convective and dynamic instabilities in the polar upper mesosphere above Tromsø 

      Nozawa, Satonori; Saito, Norihito; Kawahara, Takuya D.; Wada, Satoshi; Tsuda, Takuo T.; Maeda, S; Takahashi, Toru; Fujiwara, Hitoshi; Narayanan, V L; Kawabata, T; Johnsen, Magnar Gullikstad (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-15)
      We have studied the convective (or static) and dynamic instabilities between 80 and 100 km above Tromsø (69.6° N, 19.2° E) using temperature and wind data of 6 min and 1 km resolutions primarily almost over a solar cycle obtained with the sodium lidar at Tromsø. First, we have calculated Brunt–Väisälä frequency (N) for 339 nights obtained from October 2010 to December 2019, and the Richardson ...