Meteor echo height ceiling effect and mesospheric temperature estimation from meteor radar observations

Lee, Changsup; Jee, Geonhwa; Kim, Jeong-Han; Song, In-Sun

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1267-2018

Articles | Volume 36, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1267-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1267-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 36, issue 5

Regular paper

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25 Sep 2018

Regular paper |

| 25 Sep 2018

Meteor echo height ceiling effect and mesospheric temperature estimation from meteor radar observations

Changsup Lee, Geonhwa Jee, Jeong-Han Kim, and In-Sun Song

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RC1: 'comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 May 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1's comments', Changsup Lee, 05 Jun 2018
RC2: 'referee 2 comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 Jun 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Referee 2's comments', Changsup Lee, 05 Jul 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (10 Jul 2018) by Huixin Liu

AR by Changsup Lee on behalf of the Authors (11 Jul 2018) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Jul 2018) by Huixin Liu

ED: Publish as is (04 Sep 2018) by Huixin Liu

Short summary

This study shows the width of the meteor height distribution (FWHM) is well correlated with the atmospheric pressure, not only experimentally but theoretically. From the correlation analysis, we found that the FWHM provides the best estimation of the temperature at the height layer below the meteor peak height by 2–3 km. We also proved a meteor echo height ceiling effect (MHC) is primarily controlled by the atmospheric conditions, and this enables the FWHM to estimate the temperature accurately.