Vertical Coupling: Quantifying the Influence of Lower Atmospheric Wind Variability on Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere Gravity Wave Forcing

Rosmarie de Wit1, Robert E Hibbins2, Patrick J Espy2,3, Diego Janches4 and David C Fritts5, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Bergen, Norway, (3)Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (5)GATS, Inc., Newport News, VA, United States