Monthly mean climatology of the prevailing winds and tides in the Arctic mesosphere/lower thermosphere

• Main Authors: Portnyagin, Y. I., Solovjova, T. V., Makarov, N. A., Merzlyakov, E. G., Manson, A. H., Meek, C. E., Hocking, W., Mitchell, N., Pancheva, D., Hoffmann, P., Singer, W., Murayama, Y., Igarashi, K., Forbes, J. M., Palo, S., Hall, C., Nozawa, S.
• Other Authors: Institute for Experimental Meteorology, Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies Saskatoon (ISAS), Department of Physics and Engineering Physics Saskatoon, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon (U of S)-University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon (U of S), University of Western Ontario (UWO), University of Wales, Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics (AIP), Communication Research Laboratory, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Tromsø (UiT), Nagoya University
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2004
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Arctic; Tromsø; Resolute Bay; Esrange; Andenes
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00317672; https://hal.science/hal-00317672/document; https://hal.science/hal-00317672/file/angeo-22-3395-2004.pdf

International audience The Arctic MLT wind regime parameters measured at the ground-based network of MF and meteor radar stations (Andenes 69° N, Tromsø 70° N, Esrange 68° N, Dixon 73.5° N, Poker Flat 65° N and Resolute Bay 75° N) are discussed and compared with those observed in the mid-latitudes....