Formal Publications in Archival Literature

Published 2016:

Ammosova, A. M., G. A. Gavrilyeva, P. P. Ammosov, and I. I. Koltovskoi, The influence of solar activity on the seasonal variation of the temperature of high latitude mesopause over Yakutia, 10035, 1003560-1003560-6, doi:10.1117/12.2248797, 2016.

Azeem, Irfan, Richard L. Walterscheid, Geoff Crowley, Rebecca L. Bishop, and Andrew B. Christensen, Observations of the migrating semidiurnal and quaddiurnal tides from the RAIDS/NIRS instrument, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 5, 2015JA022240, doi:10.1002/2015JA022240, 2016.

Ball, William T., Aleš Kuchař, Eugene V. Rozanov, Johannes Staehelin, Fiona Tummon, Anne K. Smith, Timofei Sukhodolov, Andrea Stenke, Laura Revell, Ancelin Coulon, Werner Schmutz, and Thomas Peter, An upper-branch Brewer–Dobson circulation index for attribution of stratospheric variability and improved ozone and temperature trend analysis, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 24, 15485-15500, doi:10.5194/acp-16-15485-2016, 2016.

Cullens, Chihoko Y., Scott L. England, and Rolando R. Garcia, The 11 year solar cycle signature on wave-driven dynamics in WACCM, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 4, 2016JA022455, doi:10.1002/2016JA022455, 2016.

Dalin, P., N. Gavrilov, N. Pertsev, V. Perminov, A. Pogoreltsev, N. Shevchuk, A. Dubietis, P. Völger, M. Zalcik, A. Ling, S. Kulikov, A. Zadorozhny, G. Salakhutdinov, and I. Grigoryeva, A case study of long gravity wave crests in noctilucent clouds and their origin in the upper tropospheric jet stream, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2016JD025422, doi:10.1002/2016JD025422, 2016.

Dawkins, E. C. M., J. M. C. Plane, M. P. Chipperfield, W. Feng, D. R. Marsh, J. Höffner, and D. Janches, Solar cycle response and long-term trends in the mesospheric metal layers, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 7, 2016JA022522, doi:10.1002/2016JA022522, 2016.

Denton, M. H., and J. E. Borovsky, The response of the inner magnetosphere to the trailing edges of high-speed solar-wind streams, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 2016JA023592, doi:10.1002/2016JA023592, 2016.

Eckermann, Stephen D., Dave Broutman, Jun Ma, James D. Doyle, Pierre-Dominique Pautet, Michael J. Taylor, Katrina Bossert, Bifford P. Williams, David C. Fritts, and Ronald B. Smith, Dynamics of Orographic Gravity Waves Observed in the Mesosphere over the Auckland Islands during the Deep Propagating Gravity Wave Experiment (DEEPWAVE), Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 73, 10, 3855-3876, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-16-0059.1, 2016.

Elhawary, R., and J. M. Forbes, Planetary wave variability of Sq currents, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 11, 2016JA023242, doi:10.1002/2016JA023242, 2016.

Ern, Manfred, Quang Thai Trinh, Martin Kaufmann, Isabell Krisch, Peter Preusse, Jörn Ungermann, Yajun Zhu, John C. Gille, Martin G. Mlynczak, James M. Russell III, Michael J. Schwartz, and Martin Riese, Satellite observations of middle atmosphere gravity wave absolute momentum flux and of its vertical gradient during recent stratospheric warmings, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 15, 9983-10019, doi:10.5194/acp-16-9983-2016, 2016.

Eswaraiah, S., Yong Ha Kim, Junseok Hong, Jeong-Han Kim, M. Venkat Ratnam, A. Chandran, S. V. B. Rao, and Dennis Riggin, Mesospheric signatures observed during 2010 minor stratospheric warming at King Sejong Station (62°S, 59°W), Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 140, 55-64, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2016.02.007, 2016.

Fadnavis, S., W. Feng, Gordon G. Shepherd, J. M. C. Plane, S. Sonbawne, Chaitri Roy, S. Dhomse, and S. D. Ghude, Preliminary observations and simulation of nocturnal variations of airglow temperature and emission rates at Pune (18.5°N), India, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 149, 59-68, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2016.10.002, 2016.

Fan, Z. Q., Z. Sheng, H. Q. Shi, X. H. Zhang, and C. J. Zhou, A Characterization of the Quality of the Stratospheric Temperature Distributions from SABER based on Comparisons with COSMIC Data, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 33, 11, 2401-2413, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-16-0085.1, 2016.

Fong, Weichun, Xinzhao Chu, Xian Lu, Timothy J. Fuller-Rowell, Mihail Codrescu, Arthur D. Richmond, Zhibin Yu, Brendan Roberts, and Cao Chen, Winter Temperature and Tidal Structures from 2011 to 2014 at McMurdo Station: Observations from Fe Boltzmann Temperature and Rayleigh Lidar, 119, 12003, doi:10.1051/epjconf/201611912003, 2016.

Funatsu, Beatriz M., Chantal Claud, Philippe Keckhut, Alain Hauchecorne, and Thierry Leblanc, Regional and seasonal stratospheric temperature trends in the last decade (2002–2014) from AMSU observations, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 14, 2015JD024305, doi:10.1002/2015JD024305, 2016.

Gao, Hong, Jiyao Xu, and Guang-Ming Chen, The responses of the nightglow emissions observed by the TIMED/SABER satellite to solar radiation, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 2, 2015JA021624, doi:10.1002/2015JA021624, 2016.

Garcia, Rolando R., Anne K. Smith, Douglas E. Kinnison, Álvaro de la Cámara, and Damian J. Murphy, Modification of the Gravity Wave Parameterization in the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model: Motivation and Results, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 74, 1, 275-291, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-16-0104.1, 2016.

Garcia, Rolando R., Manuel López-Puertas, Bernd Funke, Douglas E. Kinnison, Daniel R. Marsh, and Liying Qian, On the secular trend of COx and CO2 in the lower thermosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 7, 2015JD024553, doi:10.1002/2015JD024553, 2016.

García-Comas, Maya, Francisco González-Galindo, Bernd Funke, Angela Gardini, Aythami Jurado-Navarro, Manuel López-Puertas, and William E. Ward, MIPAS observations of longitudinal oscillations in the mesosphere and the lower thermosphere: climatology of odd-parity daily frequency modes, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 17, 11019-11041, doi:10.5194/acp-16-11019-2016, 2016.

García-Comas, Maya, Manuel López-Puertas, Bernd Funke, Á. Aythami Jurado-Navarro, Angela Gardini, Gabriele P. Stiller, Thomas von Clarmann, and Michael Höpfner, Measurements of global distributions of polar mesospheric clouds during 2005\–2012 by MIPAS/Envisat, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 11, 6701-6719, doi:10.5194/acp-16-6701-2016, 2016.

Gardner, Chester S., Alan Z. Liu, and Yafang Guo, Vertical and horizontal transport of mesospheric Na: Implications for the mass influx of cosmic dust, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2016.07.013, 2016.

Gardner, Chester S., and Fabio A. Vargas, OH* imager response to turbulence-induced temperature fluctuations, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2016JD025453, doi:10.1002/2016JD025453, 2016.

Gardner, Chester S., and Wentao Huang, Impact of horizontal transport, temperature, and PMC uptake on mesospheric Fe at high latitudes, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 11, 2015JD024674, doi:10.1002/2015JD024674, 2016.

Ghodpage, Rupesh N., Michael P. Hickey, Alok K. Taori, Devendraa Siingh, and Parashram T. Patil, Response of OH airglow emissions to mesospheric gravity waves and comparisons with full-wave model simulation at a low-latitude Indian station, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 9, 5611-5621, doi:10.5194/acp-16-5611-2016, 2016.

Gordillo-Vázquez, F. J., A. Luque, and C. Haldoupis, Upper D region chemical kinetic modeling of LORE relaxation times, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 4, 2015JA021408, doi:10.1002/2015JA021408, 2016.

Gu, Sheng-Yang, Han-Li Liu, N. M. Pedatella, Xiankang Dou, Tao Li, and Tingdi Chen, The quasi 2 day wave activities during 2007 austral summer period as revealed by Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 3, 2015JA022225, doi:10.1002/2015JA022225, 2016.

Gu, Sheng-Yang, Han-Li Liu, Xiankang Dou, and Tao Li, Influence of the sudden stratospheric warming on quasi-2-day waves, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 8, 4885-4896, doi:10.5194/acp-16-4885-2016, 2016.

Hervig, Mark E., Michael Gerding, Michael H. Stevens, Robert Stockwell, Scott M. Bailey, James M. Russell III, and Gunter Stober, Mid-latitude mesospheric clouds and their environment from SOFIE observations, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 149, 1-14, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2016.09.004, 2016.

Hocke, Klemens, Martin Lainer, Lorena Moreira, Jonas Hagen, Susana Fernandez Vidal, and Franziska Schranz, Atmospheric inertia-gravity waves retrieved from level-2 data of the satellite microwave limb sounder Aura/MLS, Annales Geophysicae, 34, 9, 781-788, doi:10.5194/angeo-34-781-2016, 2016.

Hocking, Wayne K., Reynold E. Silber, John M. C. Plane, Wuhu Feng, and Marcial Garbanzo-Salas, Decay times of transitionally dense specularly reflecting meteor trails and potential chemical impact on trail lifetimes, Annales Geophysicae, 34, 12, 1119-1144, doi:10.5194/angeo-34-1119-2016, 2016.

Huang, Frank T., Hans G. Mayr, James M. Russell III, and Martin G. Mlynczak, Ozone and temperature decadal responses to solar variability in the stratosphere and lower mesosphere, based on measurements from SABER on TIMED, Annales Geophysicae, 34, 9, 801-813, doi:10.5194/angeo-34-801-2016, 2016.

Huang, Tai-Yin, Simulations of airglow variations induced by the CO2 increase and solar cycle variation from 1980 to 1991, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 147, 138-147, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2016.07.014, 2016.

Jia, Mingjiao, Xianghui Xue, Xiankang Dou, Yihuan Tang, Chao Yu, Jianfei Wu, Jiyao Xu, Guotao Yang, Baiqi Ning, and Lars Hoffmann, A case study of A mesoscale gravity wave in the MLT region using simultaneous multi-instruments in Beijing, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 140, 1-9, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2016.01.007, 2016.

Jia, Yue, Shao Dong Zhang, Fan Yi, Chun Ming Huang, Kai Ming Huang, Yun Gong, and Quan Gan, Variations of Kelvin waves around the TTL region during the stratospheric sudden warming events in the Northern Hemisphere winter, Annales Geophysicae, 34, 3, 331-345, doi:10.5194/angeo-34-331-2016, 2016.

Jiao, Jing, GuoTao Yang, JiHong Wang, ZeLong Wang, and Yong Yang, Occurrence and characteristics of sporadic K layer observed by lidar over Beijing, China, Science China Earth Sciences, 59, 3, 540-547, doi:10.1007/s11430-015-5201-8, 2016.

John, Sherine Rachel, and Karanam Kishore Kumar, Global normal mode planetary wave activity: a study using TIMED/SABER observations from the stratosphere to the mesosphere-lower thermosphere, Climate Dynamics, 47, 12, 3863-3881, doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3046-2, 2016.

Jones, M., J. M. Forbes, and M. E. Hagan, Solar cycle variability in mean thermospheric composition and temperature induced by atmospheric tides, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 6, 2016JA022701, doi:10.1002/2016JA022701, 2016.

Jones, M., J. T. Emmert, D. P. Drob, and D. E. Siskind, Middle atmosphere dynamical sources of the semiannual oscillation in the thermosphere and ionosphere, Geophysical Research Letters, 2016GL071741, doi:10.1002/2016GL071741, 2016.

Kalisch, S., H.-Y. Chun, M. Ern, P. Preusse, Q. T. Trinh, S. D. Eckermann, and M. Riese, Comparison of simulated and observed convective gravity waves, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 22, 2016JD025235, doi:10.1002/2016JD025235, 2016.

Kalogerakis, Konstantinos S., Daniel Matsiev, Ramesh D. Sharma, and Peter P. Wintersteiner, Resolving the mesospheric nighttime 4.3 µm emission puzzle: Laboratory demonstration of new mechanism for OH(υ) relaxation, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 17, 2016GL069645, doi:10.1002/2016GL069645, 2016.

Kishore, P., Isabella Velicogna, M. Venkat Ratnam, Ghouse Basha, T. B. M. J. Ouarda, S. P. Namboothiri, J. H. Jiang, Tyler C. Sutterley, G. N. Madhavi, and S. V. B. Rao, Sudden stratospheric warmings observed in the last decade by satellite measurements, Remote Sensing of Environment, 184, 263-275, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2016.07.008, 2016.

Kramer, R., S. Wüst, and M. Bittner, Investigation of gravity wave activity based on operational radiosonde data from 13 years (1997-2009): Climatology and possible induced variability, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 140, 23-33, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2016.01.014, 2016.

Krivolutsky, A. A., and A. A. Kukoleva, Results of Russian investigations into the middle atmosphere (2011–2014), Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, 52, 5, 497-511, doi:10.1134/S000143381605008X, 2016.

Lednyts'kyy, Olexandr, Christian von Savigny, and Mark Weber, Sensitivity of equatorial atomic oxygen in the MLT region to the 11-year and 27-day solar cycles, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2016.11.003, 2016.

Li, Hai Yan, Chun Ming Huang, Shao Dong Zhang, Kai Ming Huang, Yehui Zhang, Yun Gong, Quan Gan, and Yue Jia, Low-frequency oscillations of the gravity wave energy density in the lower atmosphere at low latitudes revealed by U.S. radiosonde data, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 22, 2016JD025435, doi:10.1002/2016JD025435, 2016.

Li, Qinzeng, Jiyao Xu, Xiao Liu, Wei Yuan, and Jinsong Chen, Characteristics of mesospheric gravity waves over the southeastern Tibetan Plateau region, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 9, 2016JA022823, doi:10.1002/2016JA022823, 2016.

Li, Tao, Natalia Calvo, Jia Yue, James M. Russell, Anne K. Smith, Martin G. Mlynczak, Amal Chandran, Xiankang Dou, and Alan Z. Liu, Southern Hemisphere Summer Mesopause Responses to El Niño–Southern Oscillation, Journal of Climate, 29, 17, 6319-6328, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0816.1, 2016.

Li, Y., X. Lin, S. Song, Y. Yang, X. Cheng, Z. Chen, L. Liu, Y. Xia, J. Xiong, S. Gong, and F. Li, A Combined Rotational Raman-Rayleigh Lidar for Atmospheric Temperature Measurements Over 5-80 km With Self-Calibration, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54, 12, 7055-7065, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2016.2594828, 2016.

Limpasuvan, Varavut, Yvan J. Orsolini, Amal Chandran, Rolando R. Garcia, and Anne K. Smith, On the composite response of the MLT to major sudden stratospheric warming events with elevated stratopause, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 9, 2015JD024401, doi:10.1002/2015JD024401, 2016.

Liu, H.-L., Variability and predictability of the space environment as related to lower atmosphere forcing, Space Weather, 14, 9, 2016SW001450, doi:10.1002/2016SW001450, 2016.

Liu, Libo, Huixin Liu, Yiding Chen, Huijun Le, Yang-Yi Sun, Baiqi Ning, Lianhuan Hu, and Weixing Wan, Variations of the meteor echo heights at Beijing and Mohe, China, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 2016JA023448, doi:10.1002/2016JA023448, 2016.

Liu, MoHan, JiYao Xu, HanLi Liu, and Xiao Liu, Possible modulation of migrating diurnal tide by latitudinal gradient of zonal wind observed by SABER/TIMED, Science China Earth Sciences, 59, 2, 408-417, doi:10.1007/s11430-015-5185-4, 2016.

Liu, Xiao, Jia Yue, Jiyao Xu, Wei Yuan, James M. Russell, M. E. Hervig, and Takuji Nakamura, Persistent longitudinal variations in 8 years of CIPS/AIM polar mesospheric clouds, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 14, 2015JD024624, doi:10.1002/2015JD024624, 2016.

Liu, Yingdi, Jian Peng, Kelsey Reppert, Sara Callahan, and Gregory P. Smith, Laser Measurements of the H Atom + Ozone Rate Constant at Mesospheric Temperatures, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 120, 22, 3855-3860, doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.6b02986, 2016.

Love, Peter T., and Damian J. Murphy, Gravity wave momentum flux in the mesosphere measured by VHF radar at Davis, Antarctica, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 21, 2016JD025627, doi:10.1002/2016JD025627, 2016.

Mangognia, Anthony, Gary Swenson, Fabio Vargas, and Alan Liu, A mesospheric airglow multichannel photometer and an optical method to measure mesospheric AGW intrinsic parameters, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 142, 108-119, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2016.02.018, 2016.

Mann, I., I. Häggström, A. Tjulin, S. Rostami, C. C. Anyairo, and P. Dalin, First wind shear observation in PMSE with the tristatic EISCAT VHF radar, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 11, 2016JA023080, doi:10.1002/2016JA023080, 2016.

Masutti, Davide, Günther March, Aaron J. Ridley, and Jan Thoemel, Effect of the solar activity variation on the Global Ionosphere Thermosphere Model (GITM), Annales Geophysicae, 34, 9, 725-736, doi:10.5194/angeo-34-725-2016, 2016.

McCormack, J., K. Hoppel, D. Kuhl, R. de Wit, G. Stober, P. Espy, N. Baker, P. Brown, D. Fritts, C. Jacobi, D. Janches, N. Mitchell, B. Ruston, S. Swadley, K. Viner, T. Whitcomb, and R. Hibbins, Comparison of mesospheric winds from a high-altitude meteorological analysis system and meteor radar observations during the boreal winters of 2009–2010 and 2012–2013, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2016.12.007, 2016.

Medeiros, A. F., I. Paulino, M. J. Taylor, J. Fechine, H. Takahashi, R. A. Buriti, L. M. Lima, and C. M. Wrasse, Twin mesospheric bores observed over Brazilian equatorial region, Annales Geophysicae, 34, 1, 91-96, doi:10.5194/angeo-34-91-2016, 2016.

Megner, Linda, Ole M. Christensen, Bodil Karlsson, Susanne Benze, and Victor I. Fomichev, Comparison of retrieved noctilucent cloud particle properties from Odin tomography scans and model simulations, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 23, 15135-15146, doi:10.5194/acp-16-15135-2016, 2016.

Meraner, Katharina, and Hauke Schmidt, Transport of nitrogen oxides through the winter mesopause in HAMMONIA, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 6, 2015JD024136, doi:10.1002/2015JD024136, 2016.

Mlynczak, Martin G., Linda A. Hunt, James M. Russell, B. Thomas Marshall, Christopher J. Mertens, and R. Earl Thompson, The global infrared energy budget of the thermosphere from 1947 to 2016 and implications for solar variability, Geophysical Research Letters, 2016GL070965, doi:10.1002/2016GL070965, 2016.

Moreira, Lorena, Klemens Hocke, Francisco Navas-Guzmán, Ellen Eckert, Thomas von Clarmann, and Niklaus Kämpfer, The natural oscillations in stratospheric ozone observed by the GROMOS microwave radiometer at the NDACC station Bern, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 16, 10455-10467, doi:10.5194/acp-16-10455-2016, 2016.

Nguyen, Vu A., Scott E. Palo, Ruth S. Lieberman, Jeffrey M. Forbes, David A. Ortland, and David E. Siskind, Generation of secondary waves arising from nonlinear interaction between the quasi 2 day wave and the migrating diurnal tide, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 13, 2016JD024794, doi:10.1002/2016JD024794, 2016.

Noll, Stefan, Wolfgang Kausch, Stefan Kimeswenger, Stefanie Unterguggenberger, and Amy M. Jones, Comparison of VLT/X-shooter OH and O2 rotational temperatures with consideration of TIMED/SABER emission and temperature profiles, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 8, 5021-5042, doi:10.5194/acp-16-5021-2016, 2016.

Ohyama, Hirofumi, Tomoo Nagahama, Akira Mizuno, Hideaki Nakane, and Hideo Ogawa, Observations of stratospheric and mesospheric O3 with a millimeter-wave radiometer at Rikubetsu, Japan, Earth, Planets and Space, 68, 1, 34, doi:10.1186/s40623-016-0406-4, 2016.

Oyama, K.-I., M. Devi, K. Ryu, C. H. Chen, J. Y. Liu, H. Liu, L. Bankov, and T. Kodama, Modifications of the ionosphere prior to large earthquakes: report from the Ionosphere Precursor Study Group, Geoscience Letters, 3, 1, 6, doi:10.1186/s40562-016-0038-3, 2016.

Pancheva, D., P. Mukhtarov, and B. Andonov, Global structure of ionospheric TEC anomalies driven by geomagnetic storms, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 145, 170-182, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2016.04.015, 2016.

Pancheva, Dora, Plamen Mukhtarov, David E. Siskind, and Anne K. Smith, Global distribution and variability of quasi 2 day waves based on the NOGAPS-ALPHA reanalysis model, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 11, 2016JA023381, doi:10.1002/2016JA023381, 2016.

Pedatella, N. M., J. Oberheide, E. K. Sutton, H.-L. Liu, J. L. Anderson, and K. Raeder, Short-term nonmigrating tide variability in the mesosphere, thermosphere, and ionosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 4, 2016JA022528, doi:10.1002/2016JA022528, 2016.

Päivärinta, S.-M., P. T. Verronen, B. Funke, A. Gardini, A. Seppälä, and M. E. Andersson, Transport versus energetic particle precipitation: Northern polar stratospheric NOx and ozone in January–March 2012, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 10, 2015JD024217, doi:10.1002/2015JD024217, 2016.

Qiu, Shican, Yihuan Tang, Mingjiao Jia, Xianghui Xue, Xiankang Dou, Tao Li, and Yuhong Wang, A review of latitudinal characteristics of sporadic sodium layers, including new results from the Chinese Meridian Project, Earth-Science Reviews, 162, 83-106, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.07.004, 2016.

Randel, William J., Anne K. Smith, Fei Wu, Cheng-Zhi Zou, and Haifeng Qian, Stratospheric Temperature Trends over 1979–2015 Derived from Combined SSU, MLS, and SABER Satellite Observations, Journal of Climate, 29, 13, 4843-4859, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0629.1, 2016.

Riggin, Dennis M., Toshitaka Tsuda, and Atsuki Shinbori, Evaluation of momentum flux with radar, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 142, 98-107, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2016.01.013, 2016.

Rusch, D., G. Thomas, A. Merkel, J. Olivero, A. Chandran, J. Lumpe, J. Carstans, C. Randall, S. Bailey, and J. Russell III, Large ice particles associated with small ice water content observed by AIM CIPS imagery of polar mesospheric clouds: Evidence for microphysical coupling with small-scale dynamics, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2016.04.018, 2016.

Šácha, Petr, Friederike Lilienthal, Christoph Jacobi, and Petr Pišoft, Influence of the spatial distribution of gravity wave activity on the middle atmospheric dynamics, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 24, 15755-15775, doi:10.5194/acp-16-15755-2016, 2016.

Salinas, Cornelius Csar Jude H., Loren C. Chang, Mao-Chang Liang, Jia Yue, James Russell, and Martin Mlynczak, Impacts of SABER CO2-based eddy diffusion coefficients in the lower thermosphere on the ionosphere/thermosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 2016JA023161, doi:10.1002/2016JA023161, 2016.

Schmidt, T., P. Alexander, and A. de la Torre, Stratospheric gravity wave momentum flux from radio occultations, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 9, 2015JD024135, doi:10.1002/2015JD024135, 2016.

Selvaraj, D., A. K. Patra, S. Sathishkumar, K. Kishore Kumar, and D. Narayana Rao, On the governing dynamics of the VHF radar echoes from the mesosphere and collision dominated lower E region over Gadanki (13.5°N, 79.2°E), Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 2016JA023297, doi:10.1002/2016JA023297, 2016.

Semenov, A. I., I. V. Medvedeva, V. I. Perminov, and V. Yu Khomich, Spatial and temporal variations in infrared emissions of the upper atmosphere. 1. Atomic oxygen (λ 63 μm) emission, Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, 56, 5, 616-620, doi:10.1134/S0016793216050121, 2016.

Sharma, Som, Prashant Kumar, Chintan Jethva, Rajesh Vaishnav, and Hassan Bencherif, Investigations of the middle atmospheric thermal structure and oscillations over sub-tropical regions in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, Climate Dynamics, 1-14, doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3293-2, 2016.

She, Chiao-Yao, David A. Krueger, Tao Yuan, and Jens Oberheide, On the polarization relations of diurnal and semidiurnal tide in the mesopause region, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 142, 60-71, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2016.02.024, 2016.

Shepherd, Gordon G., Young-Min Cho, Victor I. Fomichev, and Oleg V. Martynenko, Thermospheric atomic oxygen concentrations from WINDII O+(2P→2D) 732 nm emission: Comparisons with the NRLMSISE-00 and C-IAM models and with GUVI observations, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 147, 50-58, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2016.06.015, 2016.

Silber, Israel, Colin Price, and Craig J. Rodger, Semi-annual oscillation (SAO) of the nighttime ionospheric D region as detected through ground-based VLF receivers, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 5, 3279-3288, doi:10.5194/acp-16-3279-2016, 2016.

Siskind, David E., K. A. Zawdie, F. Sassi, D. Drob, and M. Friedrich, Global modeling of the low and mid latitude ionospheric D and lower E regions and implications for HF radiowave absorption, Space Weather, 2016SW001546, doi:10.1002/2016SW001546, 2016.

Sivakandan, M., T. K. Ramkumar, A. Taori, Venkateshwara Rao, and K. Niranjan, Long-term variation of OH peak emission altitude and volume emission rate over Indian low latitudes, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 138–139, 161-168, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2016.01.012, 2016.

Talaat, Elsayed R., and Xun Zhu, Spatial and temporal variation of total electron content as revealed by principal component analysis, Annales Geophysicae, 34, 12, 1109-1117, doi:10.5194/angeo-34-1109-2016, 2016.

Tang, Chaoli, Dong Liu, Heli Wei, Yingjian Wang, Congming Dai, Pengfei Wu, Wenyue Zhu, and Ruizhong Rao, The response of the temperature of cold-point mesopause to solar activity based on SABER data set, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 7, 2016JA022538, doi:10.1002/2016JA022538, 2016.

Trinh, Quang Thai, Silvio Kalisch, Peter Preusse, Manfred Ern, Hye-Yeong Chun, Stephen D. Eckermann, Min-Jee Kang, and Martin Riese, Tuning of a convective gravity wave source scheme based on HIRDLS observations, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 11, 7335-7356, doi:10.5194/acp-16-7335-2016, 2016.

Ugolnikov, O. S., and B. V. Kozelov, Study of the mesosphere using wide-field twilight polarization measurements: Early results beyond the polar circle, Cosmic Research, 54, 4, 279-284, doi:10.1134/S0010952516040079, 2016.

Vargas, Fabio, Gary Swenson, Alan Liu, and Dominique Pautet, Evidence of the excitation of a ring-like gravity wave in the mesosphere over the Andes Lidar Observatory, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 15, 2016JD024799, doi:10.1002/2016JD024799, 2016.

Venkataramani, Karthik, Justin D. Yonker, and Scott. M. Bailey, Contribution of chemical processes to infrared emissions from nitric oxide in the thermosphere: Chemiluminescence from Nitric Oxide, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 3, 2450-2461, doi:10.1002/2015JA022055, 2016.

Verkhoglyadova, O. P., B. T. Tsurutani, A. J. Mannucci, M. G. Mlynczak, L. A. Hunt, L. J. Paxton, and A. Komjathy, Solar wind driving of ionosphere-thermosphere responses in three storms near St. Patrick's Day in 2012, 2013, and 2015, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 9, 2016JA022883, doi:10.1002/2016JA022883, 2016.

Verkhoglyadova, O. P., J. M. Wissing, S. Wang, M.-B. Kallenrode, and G. P. Zank, Nighttime mesospheric hydroxyl enhancements during SEP events and accompanying geomagnetic storms: Ionization rate modeling and Aura satellite observations, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 7, 2015JA022217, doi:10.1002/2015JA022217, 2016.

Verkhoglyadova, Olga, Xing Meng, Anthony J. Mannucci, Bruce T. Tsurutani, Linda A. Hunt, Martin G. Mlynczak, Rajkumar Hajra, and Barbara A. Emery, Estimation of energy budget of ionosphere-thermosphere system during two CIR-HSS events: observations and modeling, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 6, A20, doi:10.1051/swsc/2016013, 2016.

Walterscheid, R. L., and A. B. Christensen, Low-latitude gravity wave variances in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere derived from SABER temperature observation and compared with model simulation of waves generated by deep tropical convection, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 20, 2016JD024843, doi:10.1002/2016JD024843, 2016.

Weimer, D. R., E. K. Sutton, M. G. Mlynczak, and L. A. Hunt, Intercalibration of neutral density measurements for mapping the thermosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 6, 2016JA022691, doi:10.1002/2016JA022691, 2016.

de Wit, R. J., D. Janches, D. C. Fritts, and R. E. Hibbins, QBO modulation of the mesopause gravity wave momentum flux over Tierra del Fuego, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 8, 2016GL068599, doi:10.1002/2016GL068599, 2016.

Wright, C. J., N. P. Hindley, A. C. Moss, and N. J. Mitchell, Multi-instrument gravity-wave measurements over Tierra del Fuego and the Drake Passage – Part 1: Potential energies and vertical wavelengths from AIRS, COSMIC, HIRDLS, MLS-Aura, SAAMER, SABER and radiosondes, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3, 877-908, doi:10.5194/amt-9-877-2016, 2016.

Wu, Dong L., Jeng-Hwa Yee, Erich Schlecht, Imran Mehdi, Jose Siles, and Brian J. Drouin, THz limb sounder (TLS) for lower thermospheric wind, oxygen density, and temperature, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 7, 2015JA022314, doi:10.1002/2015JA022314, 2016.

Yang, Yu-Ming, Olga Verkhoglyadova, Martin G. Mlynczak, Anthony J. Mannucci, Xing Meng, Richard B. Langley, and Linda A. Hunt, Satellite-based observations of tsunami-induced mesosphere airglow perturbations, Geophysical Research Letters, 2016GL070764, doi:10.1002/2016GL070764, 2016.

Yankovsky, Valentine A., Kseniia V. Martyshenko, Rada O. Manuilova, and Artem G. Feofilov, Oxygen dayglow emissions as proxies for atomic oxygen and ozone in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere, Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 327, 209-231, doi:10.1016/j.jms.2016.03.006, 2016.

Yi, Wen, Xianghui Xue, Jinsong Chen, Xiankang Dou, Tingdi Chen, and Na Li, Estimation of mesopause temperatures at low latitudes using the Kunming meteor radar, Radio Science, 51, 3, 2015RS005722, doi:10.1002/2015RS005722, 2016.

Yiğit, Erdal, Petra Koucká Knížová, Katya Georgieva, and William Ward, A review of vertical coupling in the Atmosphere–Ionosphere system: Effects of waves, sudden stratospheric warmings, space weather, and of solar activity, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 141, 1-12, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2016.02.011, 2016.

Yiğit, Erdal, and Alexander S. Medvedev, Role of gravity waves in vertical coupling during sudden stratospheric warmings, Geoscience Letters, 3, 1, 27, doi:10.1186/s40562-016-0056-1, 2016.

Yue, Xianchang, Qihou Zhou, Fan Yi, Jonathan Friedman, Shikha Raizada, and Craig Tepley, Simultaneous and common-volume lidar observations of K/Na layers and temperature at Arecibo Observatory (18°N, 67°W), Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 13, 2015JD024494, doi:10.1002/2015JD024494, 2016.

Žagar, Nedjeljka, John Boyd, Akira Kasahara, Joseph Tribbia, Erland Källén, Hiroshi Tanaka, and Jun-ichi Yano, Normal Modes of Atmospheric Variability in Observations, Numerical Weather Prediction, and Climate Models, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97, 6, ES125-ES128, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00325.1, 2016.

Zalcik, Mark S., Todd W. Lohvinenko, P. Dalin, and W. F. Denig, North American Noctilucent Cloud Observations in 1964-77 and 1988-2014: Analysis and Comparisons, ResearchGate, 110, 61, 8-15, 2016.

Zeyu, Chen, X. U. Jiyao, H. U. Xiong, Chen Hongbin, Chen Wen, W. E. I. Ke, Bian Jianchun, Tian Wenshou, Zhang Shaodong, R. E. N. Rongcai, D. O. U. Xiankang, Chen Zeyu, X. U. Jiyao, H. U. Xiong, Chen Hongbin, Chen Wen, W. E. I. Ke, Bian Jianchun, Tian Wenshou, Zhang Shaodong, R. E. N. Rongcai, and D. O. U. Xiankang, Advances in the Researches of the Middle and Upper Atmosphere in China in 2014—2016, Advances in the Researches of the Middle and Upper Atmosphere in China in 2014—2016, 空间科学学报, 36, 5, 738-752, doi:10.11728/cjss2016.05.738, 2016.

Zhou, Yun-Liang, Li Wang, Chao Xiong, Hermann Lühr, and Shu-Ying Ma, The solar activity dependence of nonmigrating tides in electron density at low and middle latitudes observed by CHAMP and GRACE, Annales Geophysicae, 34, 4, 463-472, doi:10.5194/angeo-34-463-2016, 2016.

Zou, Cheng-Zhi, and Haifeng Qian, Stratospheric Temperature Climate Data Record from Merged SSU and AMSU-A Observations, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 33, 9, 1967-1984, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-16-0018.1, 2016.

Published 2015:

Abdu, Mangalathayil A., Christiano GM Brum, Paulo P. Batista, Subramanian Gurubaran, Dora Pancheva, Jose V. Bageston, Inez S. Batista, and Hisao Takahashi, Fast and ultrafast Kelvin wave modulations of the equatorial evening F region vertical drift and spread F development, Earth, Planets and Space, 67, 1, 1, doi:10.1186/s40623-014-0143-5, 2015.

Akhil Raj, S. T., M. Venkat Ratnam, D. Narayana Rao, and B. V. Krishna Murthy, Vertical distribution of ozone over a tropical station: Seasonal variation and comparison with satellite (MLS, SABER) and ERA-Interim products, Atmospheric Environment, 116, 281-292, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.06.047, 2015.

Alexander, P., A. de la Torre, T. Schmidt, P. Llamedo, and R. Hierro, Limb sounders tracking topographic gravity wave activity from the stratosphere to the ionosphere around midlatitude Andes, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120, 10, 2015JA021409, doi:10.1002/2015JA021409, 2015.

Alexander, P., D. Luna, A. de la Torre, and T. Schmidt, Distribution functions and statistical parameters that may be used to characterize limb sounders gravity wave climatologies in the stratosphere, Advances in Space Research, 56, 4, 619-633, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2015.05.007, 2015.

Alexander, Simon P., Kaoru Sato, Shingo Watanabe, Yoshio Kawatani, and Damian J. Murphy, Southern Hemisphere extra-tropical gravity wave sources and intermittency revealed by a middle atmosphere General Circulation Model, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, In press, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-15-0149.1, 2015.

Bag, T., M. V. Sunil Krishna, and Vir Singh, Modeling of Na airglow emission and first results on the nocturnal variation at midlatitude, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 2015JA022031, doi:10.1002/2015JA022031, 2015.

Ban, Chao, Tao Li, Xin Fang, Xiankang Dou, and Jiangang Xiong, Sodium lidar-observed gravity wave breaking followed by an upward propagation of sporadic sodium layer over Hefei, China, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120, 9, 2015JA021339, doi:10.1002/2015JA021339, 2015.

Becker, Erich, Rahel Knöpfel, and Franz-Josef Lübken, Dynamically induced hemispheric differences in the seasonal cycle of the summer polar mesopause, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 129, 128-141, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2015.04.014, 2015.

Bhattacharyya, Archana, and Kingsley C. Okpala, Principal components of quiet time temporal variability of equatorial and low-latitude geomagnetic fields, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120, 10, 2015JA021673, doi:10.1002/2015JA021673, 2015.

Bilitza, Dieter, The International Reference Ionosphere – Status 2013, Advances in Space Research, 55, 8, 1914-1927, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2014.07.032, 2015.

Bossert, Katrina, David C. Fritts, Pierre-Dominique Pautet, Bifford P. Williams, Michael J. Taylor, Bernd Kaifler, Andreas Dörnbrack, Iain M. Reid, Damian J. Murphy, Andrew J. Spargo, and Andrew D. MacKinnon, Momentum flux estimates accompanying multiscale gravity waves over Mount Cook, New Zealand, on 13 July 2014 during the DEEPWAVE campaign, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120, 18, 2015JD023197, doi:10.1002/2015JD023197, 2015.

Cecchini, Michael R., and Karen J. Castle, Vibrational relaxation of 13CO2(ν2) by atomic oxygen, Chemical Physics Letters, 638, 149-152, doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2015.08.051, 2015.

Chau, J. L., P. Hoffmann, N. M. Pedatella, V. Matthias, and G. Stober, Upper mesospheric lunar tides over middle and high latitudes during sudden stratospheric warming events, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120, 4, 2015JA020998, doi:10.1002/2015JA020998, 2015.

Chen, Gang, Chen Wu, Shaodong Zhang, Baiqi Ning, Xueqin Huang, Dingkun Zhong, Hao Qi, Jin Wang, and Liang Huang, Mid-latitude ionospheric responses to the 2013 SSW under high solar activity, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 2015JA021980, Accepted online, doi:10.1002/2015JA021980, 2015.

Cho, Young-Min, and Gordon Shepherd, Resolving daily wave 4 nonmigrating tidal winds at equatorial and midlatitudes with WINDII: DE3 and SE2, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120, 11, 2015JA021903, doi:10.1002/2015JA021903, 2015.

Costantino, L., P. Heinrich, N. Mzé, and A. Hauchecorne, Convective gravity wave propagation and breaking in the stratosphere: comparison between WRF model simulations and lidar data, Annales Geophysicae, 33, 9, 1155-1171, doi:10.5194/angeo-33-1155-2015, 2015.

Cullens, Chihoko Y., Scott L. England, and Thomas J. Immel, Global responses of gravity waves to planetary waves during stratospheric sudden warming observed by SABER, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120, 23, 2015JD023966, doi:10.1002/2015JD023966, 2015.

Danilov, Alexey, Seasonal and diurnal variations in foF2 trends, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120, 5, 2014JA020971, doi:10.1002/2014JA020971, 2015.

DeLand, Matthew T., and Gary E. Thomas, Updated PMC trends derived from SBUV data, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120, 5, 2014JD022253, doi:10.1002/2014JD022253, 2015.

Dudhia, A., "SATELLITES AND SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING : Temperature Soundings." Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences (Second Edition), Ed. Zhang, Gerald R., John North, and Fuqing Pyle, Academic Press, p.145-156, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-382225-3.00355-8, 2015.

Emmert, J. T., Altitude and solar activity dependence of 1967–2005 thermospheric density trends derived from orbital drag, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120, 4, 2015JA021047, doi:10.1002/2015JA021047, 2015.

Emmert, J. T., Thermospheric mass density: A review, Advances in Space Research, 56, 5, 773-824, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2015.05.038, 2015.

Fan, Z. Q., Z. Sheng, H. Q. Shi, X. Yi, Y. Jiang, and E. Z. Zhu, Comparative Assessment of COSMIC Radio Occultation Data and TIMED/SABER Satellite Data over China, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 54, 9, 1931-1943, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0151.1, 2015.

Forbes, Jeffrey M., and Xiaoli Zhang, Quasi-10-day wave in the atmosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120, 21, 2015JD023327, doi:10.1002/2015JD023327, 2015.

France, J. A., V. L. Harvey, C. E. Randall, R. L. Collins, A. K. Smith, E. D. Peck, and X. Fang, A climatology of planetary wave-driven mesospheric inversion layers in the extratropical winter, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120, 2, 399-413, doi:10.1002/2014JD022244, 2015.

Fritts, David C., Ronald B. Smith, Michael J. Taylor, James D. Doyle, Stephen D. Eckermann, Andreas Dörnbrack, Markus Rapp, Bifford P. Williams, P.-Dominique Pautet, Katrina Bossert, Neal R. Criddle, Carolyn A. Reynolds, P. Alex Reinecke, Michael Uddstrom, Michael J. Revell, Richard Turner, Bernd Kaifler, Johannes S. Wagner, Tyler Mixa, Christopher G. Kruse, Alison D. Nugent, Campbell D. Watson, Sonja Gisinger, Steven M. Smith, Ruth S. Lieberman, Brian Laughman, James J. Moore, William O. Brown, Julie A. Haggerty, Alison Rockwell, Gregory J. Stossmeister, Steven F. Williams, Gonzalo Hernandez, Damian J. Murphy, Andrew R. Klekociuk, Iain M. Reid, and Jun Ma, The Deep Propagating Gravity Wave Experiment (DEEPWAVE): An Airborne and Ground-Based Exploration of Gravity Wave Propagation and Effects from their Sources throughout the Lower and Middle Atmosphere, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, In press, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00269.1, 2015.

Fytterer, T., M. G. Mlynczak, H. Nieder, K. Pérot, M. Sinnhuber, G. Stiller, and J. Urban, Energetic particle induced intra-seasonal variability of ozone inside the Antarctic polar vortex observed in satellite data, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15, 6, 3327-3338, doi:10.5194/acp-15-3327-2015, 2015.

Gan, Q., J. Yue, L. C. Chang, W. B. Wang, S. D. Zhang, and J. Du, Observations of thermosphere and ionosphere changes due to the dissipative 6.5-day wave in the lower thermosphere, Annales Geophysicae, 33, 7, 913-922, doi:10.5194/angeo-33-913-2015, 2015.

Gao, Hong, Jiyao Xu, William Ward, Anne K. Smith, and Guang-Ming Chen, Double-layer structure of OH dayglow in the mesosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120, 7, 2015JA021208, doi:10.1002/2015JA021208, 2015.

Gasperini, F., J. M. Forbes, E. N. Doornbos, and S. L. Bruinsma, Wave coupling between the lower and middle thermosphere as viewed from TIMED and GOCE, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120, 7, 2015JA021300, doi:10.1002/2015JA021300, 2015.

Gavrilov, Nikolai M., Andrej V. Koval, Alexander I. Pogoreltsev, and Elena N. Savenkova, Simulating influences of QBO phases and orographic gravity wave forcing on planetary waves in the middle atmosphere, Earth, Planets and Space, 67, 1, 86, doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0259-2, 2015.

Geller, Marvin A., Tiehan Zhou, and Peter T. Love, Tropical Gravity Wave Momentum Fluxes and Latent Heating Distributions, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 72, 7, 2762-2768, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-15-0020.1, 2015.

Gong, Jie, Jia Yue, and Dong L. Wu, Global survey of concentric gravity waves in AIRS images and ECMWF analysis, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120, 6, 2014JD022527, doi:10.1002/2014JD022527, 2015.

Gopalswamy, Nat, Bruce Tsurutani, and Yihua Yan, Short-term variability of the Sun-Earth system: an overview of progress made during the CAWSES-II period, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2, 1, 13, doi:10.1186/s40645-015-0043-8, 2015.

Green, John R., and Timothy Robinson, Measuring noise equivalent irradiance of a digital short-wave infrared imaging system using a broadband source to simulate the night spectrum, , 945207, doi:10.1117/12.2180285, 2015.

Grygalashvyly, M., Several notes on the OH* layer, Annales Geophysicae, 33, 7, 923-930, doi:10.5194/angeo-33-923-2015, 2015.

Gu, Sheng-Yang, Han-Li Liu, Tao Li, Xiankang Dou, Qian Wu, and James M. Russell, Evidence of nonlinear interaction between quasi 2 day wave and quasi-stationary wave, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120, 2, 2014JA020919, doi:10.1002/2014JA020919, 2015.

Gu, Sheng-Yang, Han-Li Liu, Tao Li, and Xiankang Dou, Ionospheric vertical plasma drift perturbations due to the quasi 2 day wave, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120, 5, 2015JA021029, doi:10.1002/2015JA021029, 2015.

Guharay, A., P. P. Batista, and B. R. Clemesha, Variability of the quasi-2-day wave and interaction with longer period planetary waves in the MLT at Cachoeira Paulista (22.7°S, 45°W), Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 130–131, 57-67, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2015.05.010, 2015.

Huang, K. M., A. Z. Liu, S. D. Zhang, F. Yi, C. M. Huang, Q. Gan, Y. Gong, Y. H. Zhang, and R. Wang, Observational evidence of quasi-27-day oscillation propagating from the lower atmosphere to the mesosphere over 20° N, Annales Geophysicae, 33, 10, 1321-1330, doi:10.5194/angeo-33-1321-2015, 2015.

Häusler, K., M. E. Hagan, J. M. Forbes, X. Zhang, E. Doornbos, S. Bruinsma, and G. Lu, Intraannual variability of tides in the thermosphere from model simulations and in situ satellite observations, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120, 1, 2014JA020579, doi:10.1002/2014JA020579, 2015.

Iimura, H., D. C. Fritts, D. Janches, W. Singer, and N. J. Mitchell, Interhemispheric structure and variability of the 5-day planetary wave from meteor radar wind measurements, Annales Geophysicae, 33, 11, 1349-1359, doi:10.5194/angeo-33-1349-2015, 2015.

Jewtoukoff, Valérian, Albert Hertzog, Riwal Plougonven, Alvaro de la Cámara, and François Lott, Comparison of Gravity Waves in the Southern Hemisphere Derived from Balloon Observations and the ECMWF Analyses, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 72, 9, 3449-3468, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-14-0324.1, 2015.

Jurado-Navarro, Á. A., M. López-Puertas, B. Funke, M. García-Comas, A. Gardini, G. P. Stiller, and T. von Clarmann, Vibrational-vibrational and vibrational-thermal energy transfers of CO2 with N2 from MIPAS high-resolution limb spectra, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120, 15, 2015JD023429, doi:10.1002/2015JD023429, 2015.

Kaifler, Bernd, Natalie Kaifler, Benedikt Ehard, Andreas Dörnbrack, Markus Rapp, and David C. Fritts, Influences of source conditions on mountain wave penetration into the stratosphere and mesosphere, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 21, 2015GL066465, doi:10.1002/2015GL066465, 2015.

Keckhut, Philippe, Yann Courcoux, Jean-Luc Baray, Jacques Porteneuve, Hélène Vérèmes, Alain Hauchecorne, Davide Dionisi, Françoise Posny, Jean-Pierre Cammas, Guillaume Payen, Franck Gabarrot, Stephanie Evan, Sergey Khaykin, Rolf Rüfenacht, Brigitte Tschanz, Niklaus Kämpfer, Philippe Ricaud, Abdel Abchiche, Jimmy Leclair-de-Bellevue, and Valentin Duflot, Introduction to the Maïdo Lidar Calibration Campaign dedicated to the validation of upper air meteorological parameters, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 9, 1, 094099-094099, doi:10.1117/1.JRS.9.094099, 2015.

Khaykin, S. M., A. Hauchecorne, N. Mzé, and P. Keckhut, Seasonal variation of gravity wave activity at midlatitudes from 7 years of COSMIC GPS and Rayleigh lidar temperature observations, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 4, 2014GL062891, doi:10.1002/2014GL062891, 2015.

Kil, Hyosub, Young-Sil Kwak, Woo Kyoung Lee, Jonathan Krall, Joseph D. Huba, and Seung-Jun Oh, Nonmigrating tidal signature in the distributions of equatorial plasma bubbles and prereversal enhancement, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120, 4, 2014JA020908, doi:10.1002/2014JA020908, 2015.

Kim, Y.-H., and H.-Y. Chun, Momentum forcing of the quasi-biennial oscillation by equatorial waves in recent reanalyses, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15, 12, 6577-6587, doi:10.5194/acp-15-6577-2015, 2015.

Kim, Y.-H., and H.-Y. Chun, Contributions of equatorial wave modes and parameterized gravity waves to the tropical QBO in HadGEM2, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120, 3, 1065-1090, doi:10.1002/2014JD022174, 2015.

Kishore Kumar, G., K. Kishore Kumar, G. Baumgarten, and Geetha Ramkumar, Validation of MERRA reanalysis upper-level winds over low latitudes with independent rocket sounding data, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 123, 48-54, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2014.12.001, 2015.

Klimenko, M. V., V. V. Klimenko, F. S. Bessarab, Yu N. Korenkov, Hanli Liu, L. P. Goncharenko, and M. V. Tolstikov, Study of the thermospheric and ionospheric response to the 2009 sudden stratospheric warming using TIME-GCM and GSM TIP models: First results, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120, 9, 2014JA020861, doi:10.1002/2014JA020861, 2015.

Kopp, M., M. Gerding, J. Höffner, and F. -J. Lübken, Tidal signatures in temperatures derived from daylight lidar soundings above Kühlungsborn (54°N, 12°E), Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 127, 37-50, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2014.09.002, 2015.

Kramer, R., S. Wüst, C. Schmidt, and M. Bittner, Gravity wave characteristics in the middle atmosphere during the CESAR campaign at Palma de Mallorca in 2011/2012: Impact of extratropical cyclones and cold fronts, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 128, 8-23, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2015.03.001, 2015.

Lastovicka, Jan, Comment on “Long-term trends in thermospheric neutral temperatures and density above Millstone Hill” by W. L. Oliver et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120, 3, 2014JA020864, doi:10.1002/2014JA020864, 2015.

Le Pichon, A., J. D. Assink, P. Heinrich, E. Blanc, A. Charlton-Perez, C. F. Lee, P. Keckhut, A. Hauchecorne, R. Rüfenacht, N. Kämpfer, D. P. Drob, P. S. M. Smets, L. G. Evers, L. Ceranna, C. Pilger, O. Ross, and C. Claud, Comparison of co-located independent ground-based middle atmospheric wind and temperature measurements with numerical weather prediction models, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120, 16, 2015JD023273, doi:10.1002/2015JD023273, 2015.

Lednyts'kyy, O., C. von Savigny, K.-U. Eichmann, and M. G. Mlynczak, Atomic oxygen retrievals in the MLT region from SCIAMACHY nightglow limb measurements, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 8, 3, 1021-1041, doi:10.5194/amt-8-1021-2015, 2015.

Li, Xing, Weixing Wan, Zhipeng Ren, Libo Liu, and Baiqi Ning, The variability of nonmigrating tides detected from TIMED/SABER observations, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 2015JA021577, doi:10.1002/2015JA021577, 2015.

Li, Xing, Weixing Wan, You Yu, and Zhipeng Ren, Yearly Variations of the stratospheric tides seen in the CFSR reanalysis data, Advances in Space Research, 56, 9, 1822-1832, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2015.01.014, 2015.

Lieberman, R. S., D. C. Fritts, N. Pedatella, E. Doornbos, and D. A. Ortland, Global observations of thermospheric lunar tidal winds, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 136, Part B, 126-133, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2015.05.019, 2015.

Lilienthal, F., and Ch. Jacobi, Meteor radar quasi 2-day wave observations over 10 years at Collm (51.3° N, 13.0° E), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15, 17, 9917-9927, doi:10.5194/acp-15-9917-2015, 2015.

Liu, Guiping, Scott L. England, Thomas J. Immel, Harald U. Frey, Anthony J. Mannucci, and Nicholas J. Mitchell, A comprehensive survey of atmospheric quasi 3 day planetary-scale waves and their impacts on the day-to-day variations of the equatorial ionosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120, 4, 2014JA020805, doi:10.1002/2014JA020805, 2015.

Liu, Weijun, Jiyao Xu, A. K. Smith, and Wei Yuan, Comparison of rotational temperature derived from ground-based OH airglow observations with TIMED/SABER to evaluate the Einstein coefficients, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120, 11, 2015JA021886, doi:10.1002/2015JA021886, 2015.

Liu, Xiao, Jia Yue, Jiyao Xu, Wei Yuan, James M. Russell, and Mark E. Hervig, Five-day waves in polar stratosphere and mesosphere temperature and mesospheric ice water measured by SOFIE/AIM, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120, 9, 2015JD023119, doi:10.1002/2015JD023119, 2015.

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Mukhtarov, Plamen, and Dora Pancheva, Winter-time dependence of the global TEC on the stratospheric temperature and solar radiation, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 136, Part B, 134-149, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2015.05.021, 2015.

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Sharma, R. D., Technical Note: On the possibly missing mechanism of 15 μm emission in the mesosphere–lower thermosphere (MLT), Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 4, 1661-1667, doi:10.5194/acp-15-1661-2015, 2015.

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Solomon, Stanley C., Liying Qian, and Raymond G. Roble, New 3-D simulations of climate change in the thermosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120, 3, 2014JA020886, doi:10.1002/2014JA020886, 2015.

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Verkhoglyadova, O. P., S. Wang, M. G. Mlynczak, L. A. Hunt, and G. P. Zank, Effects of two large solar energetic particle events on middle atmosphere nighttime odd hydrogen and ozone content: Aura/MLS and TIMED/SABER measurements, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120, 1, 12-29, doi:10.1002/2014JA020609, 2015.

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Wang, Sicheng, Sixun Huang, and Hanxian Fang, Wave-3 and wave-4 patterns in the low- and mid-latitude ionospheric TEC, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 132, 82-91, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2015.07.002, 2015.

Weimer, D. R., M. G. Mlynczak, L. A. Hunt, and W. Kent Tobiska, High correlations between temperature and nitric oxide in the thermosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120, 7, 2015JA021461, doi:10.1002/2015JA021461, 2015.

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Wright, C. J., S. M. Osprey, and J. C. Gille, Global distributions of overlapping gravity waves in HIRDLS data, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15, 14, 8459-8477, doi:10.5194/acp-15-8459-2015, 2015.

Xiong, C., Y.-L. Zhou, H. Lühr, and S.-Y. Ma, Tidal signatures of the thermospheric mass density and zonal wind at midlatitude: CHAMP and GRACE observations, Ann. Geophys., 33, 2, 185-196, doi:10.5194/angeo-33-185-2015, 2015.

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Yue, Jia, James Russell, Yongxiao Jian, Ladislav Rezac, Rolando Garcia, Manuel López-Puertas, and Martin G. Mlynczak, Increasing carbon dioxide concentration in the upper atmosphere observed by SABER, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 17, 2015GL064696, doi:10.1002/2015GL064696, 2015.

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