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gravity wave observation from the cloud imaging and particle

Gravity wave observation from the Cloud Imaging and Particle Size (CIPS) Experiment on the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) Spacecraft Amal Chandran1, 2,*, David Rusch2, S. E. Palo1, G. E. Thomas2, M.J. Taylor 3 1Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder 2Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder3Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences and Physics department, UtahState University, Logan * Corresponding Author. Tel: +1-720-240-7727 E-mail address: chandran@lasp.colorado.edu Abstract In this paper we present first results of gravity wave observations on polar mesospheric clouds during the summer of 2007, in the northern hemisphere. The Cloud Imaging and Particle Size (CIPS) experiment is one of the three instruments on board the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) spacecraft that was launched into a sun-synchronous orbit on April 25, 2007. CIPS is a 4 camera wide-field (120° x 80°) imager designed to measure PMC morphology and particle properties and has a spatial resolution of 1 x 2 km in the nadir. One of the objectives of AIM is to investigate gravity wave effects on PMC formation and evolution. CIPS images show distinct wave patterns and structures in PMC’s. These structures range from a few kilometers to a few hundred kilometers, similar to ground based photographs of Noctilucent Clouds (NLC’s). The horizontal wavelengths of the observed waves range between 15 and 300 km, with smaller wavelength structures of less than 50 km being most common. We present examples of individual wave events observed by CIPS and statistics on wave structures observed in the northern hemisphere during the summer months of 2007. We also present a global map of gravity wave events observed from CIPS. The spectrum of the PMC structures for the three summer months show a clear peak at wavelengths less than 50 km. Keywords: polar mesospheric clouds, gravity waves, mesosphere 1. Introduction Photographs of Noc