Study of Atmospheric Forcing and Responses (SAFAR) campaign: overview
Study of Atmospheric Forcing and Responses (SAFAR) is a five year (2009–2014) research programme specifically to address the responses of the earth's atmosphere to both natural and anthropogenic forcings using a host of collocated instruments operational at the National Atmospheric Research...
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| author | A. Jayaraman M. Venkat Ratnam A. K. Patra T. Narayana Rao S. Sridharan M. Rajeevan H. Gadhavi A. P. Kesarkar P. Srinivasulu K. Raghunath |
| author_facet | A. Jayaraman M. Venkat Ratnam A. K. Patra T. Narayana Rao S. Sridharan M. Rajeevan H. Gadhavi A. P. Kesarkar P. Srinivasulu K. Raghunath |
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| description | Study of Atmospheric Forcing and Responses (SAFAR) is a
five year (2009–2014) research programme specifically to address the
responses of the earth's atmosphere to both natural and anthropogenic
forcings using a host of collocated instruments operational at the National
Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Gadanki (13.5° N, 79.2° E), India
from a unified viewpoint of studying the vertical coupling between the
forcings and responses from surface layer to the ionosphere. As a prelude to
the main program a pilot campaign was conducted at Gadanki during
May–November 2008 using collocated observations from the MST radar, Rayleigh
lidar, GPS balloonsonde, and instruments measuring aerosol, radiation and
precipitation, and supporting satellite data. We show the importance of the
large radiative heating caused by absorption of solar radiation by soot
particles in the lower atmosphere, the observed high vertical winds in the
convective updrafts extending up to tropopause, and the difficulty in
simulating the same with existing models, the upward traveling waves in the
middle atmosphere coupling the lower atmosphere with the upper atmosphere,
their manifestation in the mesospheric temperature structure and inversion
layers, the mesopause height extending up to 100 km, and the
electro-dynamical coupling between mesosphere and the ionosphere which
causes irregularities in the ionospheric F-region. The purpose of this
communication is not only to share the knowledge that we gained from the
SAFAR pilot campaign, but also to inform the international atmospheric
science community about the SAFAR program as well as to extend our
invitation to join in our journey. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-96f9c4cd29d942d0bbb65d1340cb212f2022-12-21T17:31:01ZengCopernicus PublicationsAnnales Geophysicae0992-76891432-05762010-01-01288910110.5194/angeo-28-89-2010Study of Atmospheric Forcing and Responses (SAFAR) campaign: overviewA. Jayaraman0M. Venkat Ratnam1A. K. Patra2T. Narayana Rao3S. Sridharan4M. Rajeevan5H. Gadhavi6A. P. Kesarkar7P. Srinivasulu8K. Raghunath9National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Gadanki 517112, IndiaNational Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Gadanki 517112, IndiaNational Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Gadanki 517112, IndiaNational Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Gadanki 517112, IndiaNational Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Gadanki 517112, IndiaNational Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Gadanki 517112, IndiaNational Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Gadanki 517112, IndiaNational Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Gadanki 517112, IndiaNational Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Gadanki 517112, IndiaNational Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Gadanki 517112, IndiaStudy of Atmospheric Forcing and Responses (SAFAR) is a five year (2009–2014) research programme specifically to address the responses of the earth's atmosphere to both natural and anthropogenic forcings using a host of collocated instruments operational at the National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Gadanki (13.5° N, 79.2° E), India from a unified viewpoint of studying the vertical coupling between the forcings and responses from surface layer to the ionosphere. As a prelude to the main program a pilot campaign was conducted at Gadanki during May–November 2008 using collocated observations from the MST radar, Rayleigh lidar, GPS balloonsonde, and instruments measuring aerosol, radiation and precipitation, and supporting satellite data. We show the importance of the large radiative heating caused by absorption of solar radiation by soot particles in the lower atmosphere, the observed high vertical winds in the convective updrafts extending up to tropopause, and the difficulty in simulating the same with existing models, the upward traveling waves in the middle atmosphere coupling the lower atmosphere with the upper atmosphere, their manifestation in the mesospheric temperature structure and inversion layers, the mesopause height extending up to 100 km, and the electro-dynamical coupling between mesosphere and the ionosphere which causes irregularities in the ionospheric F-region. The purpose of this communication is not only to share the knowledge that we gained from the SAFAR pilot campaign, but also to inform the international atmospheric science community about the SAFAR program as well as to extend our invitation to join in our journey.https://www.ann-geophys.net/28/89/2010/angeo-28-89-2010.pdf |
| spellingShingle | A. Jayaraman M. Venkat Ratnam A. K. Patra T. Narayana Rao S. Sridharan M. Rajeevan H. Gadhavi A. P. Kesarkar P. Srinivasulu K. Raghunath Study of Atmospheric Forcing and Responses (SAFAR) campaign: overview Annales Geophysicae |
| title | Study of Atmospheric Forcing and Responses (SAFAR) campaign: overview |
| title_full | Study of Atmospheric Forcing and Responses (SAFAR) campaign: overview |
| title_fullStr | Study of Atmospheric Forcing and Responses (SAFAR) campaign: overview |
| title_full_unstemmed | Study of Atmospheric Forcing and Responses (SAFAR) campaign: overview |
| title_short | Study of Atmospheric Forcing and Responses (SAFAR) campaign: overview |
| title_sort | study of atmospheric forcing and responses safar campaign overview |
| url | https://www.ann-geophys.net/28/89/2010/angeo-28-89-2010.pdf |
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