Day-to-day variability of diurnal tide in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere driven from below

The standard deviation peak of DW1 amplitudes, which is used to measure the maximum variability, is generally aligned with the DW1 amplitude peak. This result indicates that the day-to-day variability of the DW1 reflects global-scale changes rather than local excitation of diurnal oscillation. The spatial lag-correlation analysis of the diurnal (1,1) and (1,2) Hough modes suggests that the day-to-day variability of the diurnal (1,1) Hough mode is likely driven by variability in the lower atmosphere and the source of day-to-day variability of the (1,2) mode is uncertain.

The significant correlation of the DW1 day-to-day variability between the NOGAPS-ALPHA and the multi-satellite estimation techniques also indicates that the model is capable of reproducing the DW1 structure on a daily basis.