CEDAR Postdoc: Observational and Modeling Studies of Dynamical Forcing on Polar Mesospheric Clouds

CEDAR博士后：极地中层云动力强迫的观测和建模研究

• 批准号: 0228209
• 负责人: Rolando Garcia
• 金额: $ 16.44万
• 依托单位: University Corporation For Atmospheric Res
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-01-15 至 2005-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0228209&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CEDAR; Postdoc; Observational; Modeling; Studies

This award is to support a postdoctoral researcher to study polar mesospheric clouds (PMC). The study will make use of a combination of satellite observations and numerical models to study the global variation of PMC brightness and occurrence frequency, and determine the dependence on transient mesospheric dynamics. The satellite observations are from the Student Nitric Oxide Explorer (SNOE) and the Thermosphere, Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) spacecraft. The combined data sets will be used to establish the connection between dynamical features seen in the SNOE observations and their counterpart in temperature and water vapor measured by TIMED. The data will be combined with an atmospheric climate model and a cloud microphysics model to help clarify the dynamical processes that give rise to observed variability in temperature and water vapor in the middle atmosphere.

该奖项旨在支持一名博士后研究极地中间层云（PMC）。本研究将采用卫星观测和数值模式相结合的方法，研究PMC亮度和发生频率的全球变化，并确定其对瞬态中间层动力学的依赖。卫星观测来自学生一氧化氮探测器（SNOE）和热层、电离层、中间层能量学和动力学（TIMED）航天器。合并的数据集将用于建立SNOE观测中看到的动力特征与TIMED测量的温度和水蒸气的对应特征之间的联系。这些数据将与一个大气气候模型和一个云微物理模型相结合，以帮助阐明引起观测到的中层大气温度和水汽变化的动力过程。