Climatology of the Quasi 5-Day Wave in the Polar Summer Mesosphere and its Influence on the Onset of Polar Mesospheric Clouds

Thurairajah, Brentha

Climatology of the Quasi 5-Day Wave in the Polar Summer Mesosphere and its Influence on the Onset of Polar Mesospheric Clouds

Brentha Thurairajah¹, Scott Martin Bailey¹, V Lynn Harvey², Cora Randall³ and Jeffrey Allen France⁴, (1)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (2)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, (3)University of Colorado at Boulder, LASP & Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)White Ridge Solutions, LLC, Frederick, MD, United States