• A case study of gravity wave dissipation in the polar MLT region using sodium LIDAR and radar data 

      Takahashi, Toru; Nozawa, Satonori; Tsutsumi, Masaki; Hall, Chris; Suzuki, Shin; Tsuda, Takuo T.; Kawahara, Takuya D.; Saito, Norihito; Oyama, Shinichiro; Wada, Satoshi; Kawabata, Tetsuya; Fujiwara, Hitoshi; Brekke, Asgeir; Manson, Alan; Meek, Chris; Fujii, Ryoichi (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    • A case study on generation mechanisms of a sporadic sodium layer above Tromsø (69.6° N) during a night of high auroral activity 

      Takahashi, Toru; Nozawa, Satonaori; Tsuda, Takuo T.; Ogawa, Yasunobu; Saito, Norihito; Hidemori, Takehiro; Kawahara, Takuya D.; Hall, Chris; Fujiwara, Hitoshi; Matuura, Nobuo; Brekke, Asgeir; Tsutsumi, Masaki; Wada, Satoshi; Kawabata, Tetsuya; Oyama, Shinichiro; Fujii, Ryoichi (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-08-05)
      We have quantitatively evaluated generation mechanisms of a sporadic sodium layer (SSL) based on observational data obtained by multiple instruments at a high-latitude station: Ramfjordmoen, Tromsø, Norway (69.6° N, 19.2° E). The sodium lidar observed an SSL at 21:18 UT on 22 January 2012. The SSL was observed for 18 min, with a maximum sodium density of about 1.9 × 1010 m−3 at 93 km with a 1.1 km ...