Earth Planets Space, 51, 611–620, 1999 Dynamics of the lower thermosphere over South Pole from meteor radar wind measurements
latitude from South Pole along the longitude meridians 0◦, 90◦E, 90◦W, and 180◦. The scientific advances achieved to date through analyses of these data are presented, including updates to several of our previously published works. The findings addressed herein include the following: (1) Strong dive...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Other Authors: | |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
Published: |
1995
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.494.2785 http://www.terrapub.co.jp/journals/EPS/pdf/5107_08/51070611.pdf |
id |
ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.494.2785 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.494.2785 2023-05-15T18:21:50+02:00 Earth Planets Space, 51, 611–620, 1999 Dynamics of the lower thermosphere over South Pole from meteor radar wind measurements J. M. Forbes The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 1995 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.494.2785 http://www.terrapub.co.jp/journals/EPS/pdf/5107_08/51070611.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.494.2785 http://www.terrapub.co.jp/journals/EPS/pdf/5107_08/51070611.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.terrapub.co.jp/journals/EPS/pdf/5107_08/51070611.pdf text 1995 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T08:41:08Z latitude from South Pole along the longitude meridians 0◦, 90◦E, 90◦W, and 180◦. The scientific advances achieved to date through analyses of these data are presented, including updates to several of our previously published works. The findings addressed herein include the following: (1) Strong divergences of zonal-mean meridional winds occasionally occur over South Pole, implying extreme vertical winds; (2) The monthly mean zonally asymmetric (zonal wavenumber s = 1) wind component varies during the year in a manner consistent with migration of the center of the polar vortex with respect to the geographic (rotational) pole; (3) Strong (>15 m/s) westward-propagating migrating diurnal (s = 1) and non-migrating semidiurnal (s = 1) oscillations exist except during winter months; (4) Long-period (∼2–10 days) waves exist during winter months which are primarily eastward-propagating; (5) Intradiurnal (periods ∼6–11.5 hours) westward-propagating oscillations exist, which are thought to be gravitational normal modes, or “Lamb” waves. Text South pole Unknown South Pole |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Unknown |
op_collection_id |
ftciteseerx |
language |
English |
description |
latitude from South Pole along the longitude meridians 0◦, 90◦E, 90◦W, and 180◦. The scientific advances achieved to date through analyses of these data are presented, including updates to several of our previously published works. The findings addressed herein include the following: (1) Strong divergences of zonal-mean meridional winds occasionally occur over South Pole, implying extreme vertical winds; (2) The monthly mean zonally asymmetric (zonal wavenumber s = 1) wind component varies during the year in a manner consistent with migration of the center of the polar vortex with respect to the geographic (rotational) pole; (3) Strong (>15 m/s) westward-propagating migrating diurnal (s = 1) and non-migrating semidiurnal (s = 1) oscillations exist except during winter months; (4) Long-period (∼2–10 days) waves exist during winter months which are primarily eastward-propagating; (5) Intradiurnal (periods ∼6–11.5 hours) westward-propagating oscillations exist, which are thought to be gravitational normal modes, or “Lamb” waves. |
author2 |
The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
format |
Text |
author |
J. M. Forbes |
spellingShingle |
J. M. Forbes Earth Planets Space, 51, 611–620, 1999 Dynamics of the lower thermosphere over South Pole from meteor radar wind measurements |
author_facet |
J. M. Forbes |
author_sort |
J. M. Forbes |
title |
Earth Planets Space, 51, 611–620, 1999 Dynamics of the lower thermosphere over South Pole from meteor radar wind measurements |
title_short |
Earth Planets Space, 51, 611–620, 1999 Dynamics of the lower thermosphere over South Pole from meteor radar wind measurements |
title_full |
Earth Planets Space, 51, 611–620, 1999 Dynamics of the lower thermosphere over South Pole from meteor radar wind measurements |
title_fullStr |
Earth Planets Space, 51, 611–620, 1999 Dynamics of the lower thermosphere over South Pole from meteor radar wind measurements |
title_full_unstemmed |
Earth Planets Space, 51, 611–620, 1999 Dynamics of the lower thermosphere over South Pole from meteor radar wind measurements |
title_sort |
earth planets space, 51, 611–620, 1999 dynamics of the lower thermosphere over south pole from meteor radar wind measurements |
publishDate |
1995 |
url |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.494.2785 http://www.terrapub.co.jp/journals/EPS/pdf/5107_08/51070611.pdf |
geographic |
South Pole |
geographic_facet |
South Pole |
genre |
South pole |
genre_facet |
South pole |
op_source |
http://www.terrapub.co.jp/journals/EPS/pdf/5107_08/51070611.pdf |
op_relation |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.494.2785 http://www.terrapub.co.jp/journals/EPS/pdf/5107_08/51070611.pdf |
op_rights |
Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. |
_version_ |
1766201160161558528 |