Title
Mesospheric Bore Observations Using Suomi-NPP VIIRS DNB during 2013-2017.
Abstract
This paper reports mesospheric bore events observed by Day/Night Band (DNB) of the Visible/Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NOAA/NASA) Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) environmental satellite over five years (2013-2017). Two types of special mesospheric bore events were observed, enabled by the wide field of view of VIIRS: extremely wide bores (>2000 km extension perpendicular to the bore propagation direction), and those exhibiting more than 15 trailing crests and troughs. A mesospheric bore event observed simultaneously from space and ground was investigated in detail. DNB enables the preliminary global observation of mesospheric bores for the first time. DNB mesospheric bores occurred more frequently in March, April and May. Their typical lengths are between 300 km and 1200 km. The occurrence rate of bores at low latitudes is higher than that at middle latitudes. Among the 61 bore events, 39 events occurred in the tropical region (20 degrees S-20 degrees N). The high occurrence rate of mesospheric bores during the spring months in the tropical region coincides with the reported seasonal and latitudinal variations of mesospheric inversion layers.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.3390/rs10121935
REMOTE SENSING
Keywords
Field
DocType
mesospheric bore,Suomi-NPP VIIRS DNB,ground-based observation,mesospheric inversion layers
Remote sensing,Geology
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
10
12
2072-4292
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yucheng Su100.34
Jia Yue200.68
Xiao Liu328441.90
Steven D. Miller401.01
william c straka5294.38
Steven M. Smith600.34
dong guo7116.44
Shengli Guo800.34