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Long-term Variation Characteristics of the Onset of Polar Mesospheric Clouds Season and Its Influencing Factors
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Shaoyang SUN1, Haiyang GAO1, 2, Baichuan JIANG1, Xiang LI1, Meijia YAN1
Chinese Journal of Space Science | 2026, 46(2) : 300 - 311
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Chinese Journal of Space Science | 2026, 46(2): 300-311
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Long-term Variation Characteristics of the Onset of Polar Mesospheric Clouds Season and Its Influencing Factors
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Shaoyang SUN1, Haiyang GAO1, 2, Baichuan JIANG1, Xiang LI1, Meijia YAN1
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  • 1School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044
  • 2Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044
Published: 2026-03-15 doi: 10.11728/cjss2026.02.2025-0035
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Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMCs), as ice crystal clouds formed in the middle and upper atmosphere (approximately 83 km high), have a seasonal onset that serves as an important parameter for studying the coupling processes between thermodynamics and dynamics in the polar mesosphere. Based on multi-source observational data from 1979 to 2023, the long-term evolution characteristics of the onset of PMCs in both hemispheres are systematically analyzed, and their correlations with the reversal time of stratospheric zonal mean wind and solar activity are examined. Results show that there are significant differences in the onset of PMCs between the two hemispheres: the interannual variation (with a standard deviation of 22 d) in the southern hemisphere is about twice that in the northern hemisphere (11 d), which may be related to differences in thermal and dynamic processes such as inter-hemispheric circulation modes and the intensity of gravity wave activity. In the southern hemisphere, the onset of PMCs season exhibits a very strong positive correlation with the reversal time of the stratospheric zonal mean wind, while in the northern hemisphere, although a negative correlation is observed, the approximately 60-day difference does not directly indicate a causal relationship between the two. The regulation of the onset by solar activity (Lyman-α radiation) also shows hemispheric asymmetry. In the northern hemisphere, there was a certain negative correlation with solar activity before 2011 that later weakened due to changes in the stratospheric dynamic background, whereas the southern hemisphere exhibited only a weak response. This indicates that both solar radiation effects and dynamic processes may jointly contribute. In addition, the discrepancies among multi-source data suggest that differences in detection systems and data types can introduce uncertainties in studies of the long-term variation characteristics of PMCs.

Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMCs)  /  Season onset  /  Long-term variation  /  Reversal of stratospheric zonal mean wind  /  Solar cycle activity
Shaoyang SUN, Haiyang GAO, Baichuan JIANG, Xiang LI, Meijia YAN. Long-term Variation Characteristics of the Onset of Polar Mesospheric Clouds Season and Its Influencing Factors[J]. Chinese Journal of Space Science, 2026 , 46 (2) : 300 -311 . DOI: 10.11728/cjss2026.02.2025-0035
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doi: 10.11728/cjss2026.02.2025-0035
  • Receive Date:2025-03-08
  • Online Date:2026-07-08
  • Published:2026-03-15
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  • Received:2025-03-08
  • Revised:2025-05-27
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    1School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044
    2Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044
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