Lidar Network for Temperature and Wind Measurements in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere Region
Abstract A sodium lidar (light detection and range) network for the Earth's mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) temperature, wind and sodium density measurements is designed and constructed in the second phase of the Chinese Meridional Project. Five narrowband sodium lidar systems are deployed across various regions in China, designed and developed based on similar principles and structures. They adhere to uniform data processing standards and operate under the same observational protocols. This allows them to form a network of lidar systems capable of detecting temperature and wind fields in the MLT. The preliminary observation results of the lidar near Tibetan plateau is demonstrated in this paper. This lidar network offers horizontal perspectives on large scale that a single‐station lidar system can't provide. Its future observations are expected to advance the understanding of atmospheric waves by studying wave propagation, chemical‐dynamical coupling processes and the horizonal structure of in the MLT region.
Authors
- Lujie Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7094-2624)
- Lifang Du (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4276-4805)
- Xianghui Xue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4541-9900)
- Jing Jiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7380-5358)
- Xin Fang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0097-7682)
- Guotao Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4283-7111)
- Yang Yong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3334-8543)
- Faquan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6024-9600)
- Guozhu Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7669-3590)
- Lianhuan Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0104-3059)
- Jiyao Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2868-0055)
- Lichao Liu
- Yingying Xia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4124-3175)
- Liang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7083-6001)
- Yinan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8714-2105)
- Xiaogang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7929-5889)
- Xinming Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1982-0928)
- Jian Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8932-4022)
- Yubin Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3377-741X)
- Xin Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9720-789X)
- Kai Ji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6789-9645)
- Haitao Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7897-1267)
- Shaohua Gong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7570-6556)
- Lingling Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9917-1377)
- Xuan Cheng
- Zhaoxiang Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1853-1534)
- D. Lyu
- Z. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9166-8246)
- Jin Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0309-8678)
- Wei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5750-6980)
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Wuhan Polytechnic University (CN)
- Minzu University of China (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics (CN)
- National Space Science Center (CN)
- Institute of Geology and Geophysics (CN)
- Nanjing Xiaozhuang University (CN)
- Institute of Atmospheric Physics (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Space Weather
- Published
- 2024-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1029/2024sw003981
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.99