The Missing Solar Cycle Response of the Polar Summer Mesosphere

Abstract The response of the polar mesosphere to the 11‐year solar cycle is investigated using satellite observations from 1979 to 2018. Solar maximum is expected to cause higher temperatures and lower water vapor in the upper mesosphere, thus reducing the amount of ice in polar mesospheric clouds (...

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Published in:	Geophysical Research Letters
Main Authors:	Mark E. Hervig, David E. Siskind, Scott M. Bailey, Aimee W. Merkel, Matthew T. DeLand, James M. Russell III
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2019-08-01
Subjects:	solar cycle PMC AIM SBUV SABER MLS
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083485