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AIM 2020 SENIOR REVIEW PROPOSAL REFERENCES

Alexander, M. J., S. D. Eckermann, D. Broutman, and J. Ma, (2009), Momentum flux estimates for South Georgia Island mountain waves in the stratosphere observed via satellite, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L12816, https://doi.org/10.1029/2009GL038587.

Alexander, M. J. and A. W. Grimsdell (2013), Seasonal cycle of orographic gravity wave occurrence above small islands in the Southern Hemisphere: Implications for effects on general circulation, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 1-11, https://doi.org/ 10.1002/2013JD020526.

Alexander, M. J., D. A. Ortland, A. W. Grimsdell, J.E. Kim (2017), Sensitivity of gravity wave flues to interannual variations in tropical convection and zonal wind, J. Atmos. Sci., https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-17-0044.1.

Azeem, I., J. Yue, L. Hoffmann, S. D. Miller, W. C. Straka III, and G. Crowley (2015), Multi-sensor profiling of a concentric gravity wave event propagating from the troposphere to the ionosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett, 24, 7874-7880, https://doi.org/: 10.1002/2015GL065903.

Bailey, S.M., Thurairajah, B., Randall, C.E., Holt, L., Siskind, D.E., Harvey, V.L., et al. (2014), A multi tracer analysis of thermosphere to stratosphere descent triggered by the 2013 stratospheric sudden warming, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 5216–5222, https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL059860.

Bailey S. M., G. E. Thomas, M. E. Hervig, J.D. Lumpe, C. E. Randall, J. N. Carstens, B. Thurairajah, D. W. Rusch, J. M. Russell, and L.L. Gordley (2015), Comparing nadir and limb viewing observations of polar mesospheric clouds: The effect of the assumed particle size distribution, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2015.02.007.

Bardeen, C. G., O. B. Toon, E. J. Jensen, D. R. Marsh, and V. L. Harvey (2008), Numerical simulations of the three-dimensional distribution of meteoric dust in the mesosphere and upper stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D17202, https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JD009515.

Baumgaertner, A. J. and A. J. Mcdonald (2007), A gravity wave climatology for Antarctic complied from Challenging Minisatellite Payload/Global Positioning System (CHAMP/GPS) radio occultations, J. Geophys. Res. Atmosphere, 112(D5), https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JD007504.

Becker, E. and S.L. Vadas (2018), Secondary gravity waves in the winter mesosphere: Results from a high-resolution, gravity-wave resolving global circulation model, J. Geophys. Res. Atmospheres, 123, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JD027460.

Benze, et al. (2009), Comparison of polar mesospheric cloud measurements from the cloud imaging and particle size experiment and the solar backscatter ultraviolet instrument in 2007, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2008.07.014.

Benze, S., C. E. Randall, M. T. DeLand, G. E. Thomas, S. M. Bailey, J. M. Russell III and A. W. Merkel (2011), Evaluation of AIM CIPS measurements of Polar Mesospheric Clouds by comparison with SBUV data, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 73, 2065-2072, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2011.02.003.

Benze, et al. (2012), On the onset of polar mesospheric cloud seasons as observed by SBUV, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D07104, https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JD017350.

Benze, S., J. Gumbel, C. E. Randall. K. Hultgren, J. D. Lumpe, and G. Baumgarten (2018), Making limb and nadir measurements comparable: a common volume study of PMC brightness observed by Odin OSIRIS and AIM CIPS, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2017.11.007.

Berger, U., and Lübken, F.‐J. ( 2015), Trends in mesospheric ice layers in the Northern Hemisphere during 1961–2013, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, 11,277– 11,298, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD023355.

Broman, L. S. Benze, J. Gumbel, O. M. Christensen, C. E. Randall (2019), Common volume satellite studies of polar mesospheric clouds with Odin/OSIRIS tomography and AIM/CIPS nadir imaging, Atmos. Chem. Phys., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-12455-2019.

Chu, X., C. Yamashita, P. J. Espy, G. J. Nott, E. J. Jensen, H.‐L. Liu, W. Huang, and J. P. Thayer (2009), Responses of polar mesospheric cloud brightness to stratospheric gravity waves at the South Pole and Rothera, Antarctica, J. Atmos. Sol.‐Terr. Phys., 71, 434– 445, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2008.10.002.

Calvo, N., R. R. Garcia, W. J. Randel, and D. R. Marsh (2010), Dynamical mechanism for the increase in tropical upwelling in the lowermost tropical stratosphere during warm ENSO events, J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 2331–2340, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-16-0226.1.

Dalin P, Kirkwood S, Andersen H, Hansen O, Pertsev N, Romejko V., (2006), Comparison of long-term Moscow and Danish NLC observations: statistical results, Ann Geophys, 24, 2841–2849, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-24-2841-2006.

Dalin, P., Perminov, V., Pertsev, N., & Romejko, V. (2020), Updated long-term trends in mesopause temperature, airglow emissions, and noctilucent clouds, J. Geophys. Res.: Atmospheres, 125, e2019JD030814. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030814.

de Wit, R.J., R.E. Hibbins, P.J. Espy, & E.A. Hennum (2015), Coupling in the middle atmosphere related to the 2013 major sudden stratospheric warming, Ann. Geophys., 33, 309?319, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-33-309-2015.

DeLand, M. T., Shettle, E. P., Thomas, G. E., and Olivero, J. J. ( 2003), Solar backscattered ultraviolet (SBUV) observations of polar mesospheric clouds (PMCs) over two solar cycles, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 8445, https://doi.org/10.1029/2002JD002398.

DeLand, M. T. and Thomas, G. E. (2015), Updated PMC trends derived from SBUV data. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120: 2140– 2166. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JD022253.

DeLand, M. T., & Thomas, G. E. (2019), Extending the SBUV polar mesospheric cloud data record with the OMPS NP, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19, 7913-7923, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-7913-2019.

Dubietis, A., P. Dalin, R. Balciunas, and K. Cernis (2010), Observations of noctilucent clouds from Lithuania, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 72(14-15), 1090–1099, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2010.07.004.

Duck, T. J., J. A. Whiteway, A. Carswell (2001), The gravity wave-Arctic stratospheric vortex interaction, J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 3581?3596, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<3581:TGWASV>2.0.CO;2 .

Ehard, B. et al. (2017), Horizontal propagation of large-amplitude mountain waves into the polar night jet, J. Geophy. Res. Atmos., 122, https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JD025621.

Emmert, J. T., M. H. Stevens, P. F. Bernath, D. P. Drob, and C. D. Boone (2012), Observations of increasing carbon dioxide concentration in Earth’s thermosphere, Nat. Geosci.,5, 868–871, https://doi.org/10.1038/NGEO1626.

England, S. L., K. R. Greer, S. C. Solomon, R. W. Eastes, W. E. McClintock, A. G. Burns (2020), Observation of thermospheric gravity waves in the southern hemisphere with GOLD, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA027405.

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France, J.A., Randall, C.E., Lieberman, R.S., Harvey, V.L., Eckermann, S.D., Siskind, D.E., Lumpe, J.D., Bailey, S.M., Carstens, J.N., & Russell, J.M. III (2018), Local and remote planetary wave effects on polar mesospheric clouds in the Northern Hemisphere in 2014, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 123, 5149? 5162. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JD028224.

Fritts, D. C., and T. S. Lund (2011), Gravity wave influences in the thermosphere and ionosphere: Observations and recent modeling, in Aeronomy of the Earth’s Atmosphere and Ionosphere, vol. 2, edited by M. Abdu and D. Pancheva, pp. 109–130, Springer, Netherlands, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0326-1_8.

Fritts, D. C., Miller, A. D., Kjellstrand, C. B., Geach, C., Williams, B. P., Kaifler, B., et al. (2019), PMC Turbo: Studying gravity wave and instability dynamics in the summer mesosphere using polar mesospheric cloud imaging and profiling from a stratospheric balloon, J. Geophys. Res. Atmospheres, 124, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030298.

Funke, et al. (2017), HEPPA-II model-measurement inter comparison project: EPP indirect effects during the dynamically perturbed NH winter 2008-2009, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 3573–3604, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-3573-2017.

Gan Q. et al. (2020), First synoptic observations of geomagnetic storm effects on the Global-scale OI 135.6-nm Dayglow in the thermosphere by the GOLD mission, Geophys. Res. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085400.

Garcia, R. R. (1989), Dynamics, radiation, and photochemistry in the mesosphere: Implications for the formation of noctilucent clouds, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 14605-14,615, https://doi.org/10.1029/JD094iD12p14605.

Garcia, R. R., M. López-Puertas, B. Funke, D. R. Marsh, D. E. Kinnison, A. K. Smith, and F. González-Galindo (2014), On the distribution of CO2 and CO in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119, 5700–5718, https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JD021208.

Garcia, R. R., Yue, J., & Russell, J. M. (2019), Middle atmosphere temperature trends in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries simulated with the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM), J. Geophys. Res.: Space Physics, 124(10), 7984? 7993, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA026909.

García-Comas, M., B. Funke, A. Gardini, M. López-Puertas, A. Jurado-Navarro, T. von Clarmann, G. Stiller, M. Kiefer, C. D. Boone, T. Leblanc, B. T. Marshall, M. J. Schwartz, and P. E. Sheese (2014), MIPAS temperature from the stratosphere to the lower thermosphere: Comparison of vM21 with ACE-FTS, MLS, OSIRIS, SABER, SOFIE and lidar measurements, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 7, 3633-3651, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-3633-2014.

García-Comas, M., López-Puertas, M., Funke, B., Jurado-Navarro, Á. A., Gardini, A., Stiller, G. P., Clarmann, T. v., and Höpfner, M., (2016), Measurements of Global Distributions of Polar Mesospheric Clouds during 2005–2012 by MIPAS/Envisat, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2016-116.

Gelaro R. et al., (2017) The Modern Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications- Version 2, J. Clim, 30, 5419-5454, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0758.1.

Gerding, M., J. Höffner, P. Hoffmann, M. Kopp, and F. ‐J. Lübken (2013), Noctilucent cloud variability and mean parameters from 15 years of lidar observations at a mid‐latitude site (54°N, 12°E), J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 317– 328, https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JD018319.

Gerding, M., J. Zöllner, M. Zecha, K. Baumgarten, J. Höffner, G. Stober, and F.-J. Lübken (2018), Simultaneous observations of NLCs and MSEs at midlatitudes: implications for formation and advection of ice particles, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 15569–15580, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15569-2018.

Gerrard, A. J., T. J. Kane, S. D. Eckermann, and J. P. Thayer (2004), Gravity waves and mesospheric clouds in the summer middle atmosphere: A comparison of lidar measurements and ray modeling of gravity waves over Sondrestrom, Greenland, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D10103, https://doi.org/10.1029/2002JD002783.

Gordley, L.L., et al., (2009), The Solar Occultation For Ice Experiment (SOFIE), J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2008.07.012.

Gómez-Ramírez, D., J. W. C. McNabb, J. M. Russell III, M. E. Hervig, L. E. Deaver, G. Paxton, and P. F. Bernath (2013), Empirical correction of thermal responses in the Solar Occultation for Ice Experiment nitric oxide measurements and initial data validation results, Appl. Optics, Vol. 52, Issue 13, pp. 2950-2959, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.52.002950.

Greer, K. R., England, S. L., Becker, E., Rusch, D., & Eastes, R. (2018), Modeled gravity wave-like perturbations in the brightness of far ultraviolet emissions for the GOLD mission, J. Geophys. Res.: Space Physics, 123, 5821? 5830. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA025501.

Gumbel, J. et al. (2020), The MATS satellite mission – gravity wave studies by Mesospheric Airglow/Aerosol Tomography and Spectroscopy, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 431–455, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-431-2020.

Hart, V.P, M.J. Taylor, T.E. Doyle, Y. Zhao, P.-D. Pautet, B.L. Carruth, D.W. Rusch and, J.M. Russell, III (2018). Investigating Gravity Waves in Polar Mesospheric Clouds Using Tomographic Reconstructions of AIM Satellite Imagery, J. Geophys. Res, Space Physics., 123, 955–973. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA024481.

Hartogh, P., G. R. Sonnemann, M. Grygalashvyly, L. Song, U. Berger, and F.‐J. Lübken (2010), Water vapor measurements at ALOMAR over a solar cycle compared with model calculations by LIMA, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00I17, https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JD012364.

Hendrickx, K., L. Megner, D. R. Marsh, and C. Smith-Johnsen (2018), Production and transport mechanisms of NO in observations and models, Atmos. Chem. Phys., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-9075-2018.

Hervig, M., and D. Siskind (2006), Decadal and inter‐hemispheric variability in polar mesospheric clouds, water vapor, and temperature, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2005.08.010.


Hervig, M. E., L. L. Gordley, L. E. Deaver, D. E. Siskind, M. H. Stevens, J. M. Russell III, S. M. Bailey, L. Megner, and C. G. Bardeen (2009),First Satellite Observations of Meteoric Smoke in the Upper Atmosphere, Geophys. Res. Letters, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009GL039737.


Hervig, M. E., and L. L. Gordley (2010), The temperature, shape, and phase of mesospheric ice from SOFIE observations, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D15208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2010JD013918.

Hervig, M. E., M. Rapp, R. Latteck, and L. L. Gordley (2010), Observations of mesospheric ice particles from the ALWIN radar and SOFIE, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2010.08.002.

Hervig, M. E., L. E. Deaver, C. G. Bardeen, J. M. Russell, S. M. Bailey, and L. L. Gordley (2012), The content and composition of meteoric smoke in mesospheric ice particles from SOFIE observations, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2012.04.005.

Hervig, M. E., and Stevens, M. H. (2014), Interpreting the 35 year SBUV PMC record with SOFIE observations, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119, 12,689– 12,705, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014JD021923.

Hervig, M. E., U. Berger, D. E. Siskind (2016a), Decadal variability in PMCs and implications for changing temperature and water vapor in the upper mesosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 121, 2383-2392, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024439.

Hervig, M. E., M. Gerding, M. H. Stevens, R. Stockwell, S. M. Bailey, J. M. Russell, G. Stober (2016b), Mid-latitude mesospheric clouds and their environment from SOFIE observations, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2016.09.004.

Hervig, M. E., C. G. Bardeen, D. E. Siskind, M. J. Mills, R. Stockwell, (2017a), Meteoric smoke and H2SO4 aerosols in the upper stratosphere and mesosphere, Geophys. Res. Letters, 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL072049.

Hervig, M. E., Brooke, J. S. A., Feng, W., Bardeen, C. G., Plane, J. M. C. (2017b), Constraints on meteoric smoke composition and meteoric influx using SOFIE observations with models, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017JD027657.

Hervig, M. E., B. T. Marshall, S. M. Bailey, D. E. Siskind, J. M. Rusell III, C. Bardeen, K. A. Walker, and B. Funke (2019a), Validation of SOFIE nitric oxide measurements, Atmos. Meas. Tech., https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3111-2019.

Hervig, M. E., Siskind, D. E., Bailey, S. M., Merkel, A. W., DeLand, M. T., & Russell, J. M., III (2019b). The missing solar cycle response of the polar summer mesosphere. Geophys. Res. Lett,, 46, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083485.

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Karlsson, B., C.E. Randall, S. Benze, M. Mills, V.L. Harvey, S.M. Bailey, & J.M. Russell III (2009), Intra-seasonal variability of polar mesospheric clouds due to inter-hemispheric coupling, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36(20), http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009GL040348.

Karlsson, B., C.E. Randall, T.G. Shepherd, V.L. Harvey, J. Lumpe, K. Nielsen, S.M. Bailey, M. Hervig, & J.M. Russell III (2011), On the seasonal onset of polar mesospheric clouds and the breakdown of the stratospheric polar vortex in the Southern Hemisphere, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 116(D18), http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011JD015989.

Karlsson, B., and M. Kuilman (2018), On how the middle atmospheric residual circulation responds to the solar cycle close to the solstices, J. Clim., 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLID-17-0202.1.

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Kirkwood, S., M. Hervig, E. Belova, and A. Osepian (2010), Quantitative Relation between PMSE and Ice Mass Density, Ann. Geophys., 28, 1333-1343, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/angeo-28-1333-2010.

Khosrawi, F, et al. (2018), The SPARC water vapour assessment II:
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Liu, X., J., Yue, J., Xu, R. R., Garcia, J. M., Russell, III, M., Mlynczak, D. L., Wu, and T., Nakamura (2017), Variations of global gravity waves derived from 14 years of SABER temperature observations, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 122, 6231-6249, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JD026604.

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Lumpe, J.D., S.M. Bailey, J.N. Carstens, C.E. Randall, D.W. Rusch, G.E. Thomas, K. Nielsen, C. Jeppesen, W.E. McClintock, A.W. Merkel, L. Riesberg, B. Templeman, G. Baumgarten, J.M. Russell, IlI (2013), Retrieval of polar mesospheric cloud properties from CIPS: algorithm description, error analysis and cloud detection sensitivity, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys, 104, 167-196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2013.06.007.

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Malaspina, D. M. and L. B. Wilson III (2016), A database of interplanetary and interstellar dust detected by the Wind spacecraft, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 121, 9369–9377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JA023209.

McClintock, W., D. W. Rusch, G. E. Thomas, A. W. Merkel, M. R. Lankton,V. A. Drake, S. M. Bailey, and J. M. Russell III (2009), The Cloud Imaging and Particle Size Experiment On The Aeronomy Of Ice In The Mesosphere Mission: Instrument Concept,Design, Calibration, And On-Orbit Performance, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2008.10.011.

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