Exceptionally strong summer-like zonal wind reversal in the upper mesosphere during winter 2015/16 ...
The 2015/16 Northern Hemisphere winter season was marked by peculiarities in the circulation pattern in the high-latitude mesopause region. Wind measurements from the Andenes (69° N, 13° E) meteor radar show westward winds below 84 km and eastward winds above. This wind pattern in the zonal wind was...
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ftdatacite:10.48350/186165 2023-11-05T03:32:03+01:00 Exceptionally strong summer-like zonal wind reversal in the upper mesosphere during winter 2015/16 ... Stober, Gunter Matthias, Vivien Jacobi, Christoph Wilhelm, Sven Höffner, Josef Chau, Jorge L. 2017 https://dx.doi.org/10.48350/186165 https://boris.unibe.ch/186165/ unknown Copernicus Publications https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/angeo-35-711-2017 open access Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 570 Life sciences; biology 620 Engineering 500 Science 530 Physics Text article-journal ScholarlyArticle journal article 2017 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.48350/18616510.5194/angeo-35-711-2017 2023-10-09T10:45:51Z The 2015/16 Northern Hemisphere winter season was marked by peculiarities in the circulation pattern in the high-latitude mesopause region. Wind measurements from the Andenes (69° N, 13° E) meteor radar show westward winds below 84 km and eastward winds above. This wind pattern in the zonal wind was observable between the end of December 2015 and the end of January 2016, i.e., conditions that are typical for the summer were found during winter. Additional meteor radar measurements at midlatitude stations did not show such a zonal wind reversal but indicate, together with the polar latitude stations, a reversal of the horizontal temperature gradient. This is confirmed by global satellite measurements. Therefore, it is plausible that the polar latitude summer-like zonal wind reversal in December–January is in accordance with the reversed horizontal temperature gradient assuming a thermal wind balance between mid- and polar latitudes. The reversed horizontal temperature gradient itself is induced by stationary ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Andenes DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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The 2015/16 Northern Hemisphere winter season was marked by peculiarities in the circulation pattern in the high-latitude mesopause region. Wind measurements from the Andenes (69° N, 13° E) meteor radar show westward winds below 84 km and eastward winds above. This wind pattern in the zonal wind was observable between the end of December 2015 and the end of January 2016, i.e., conditions that are typical for the summer were found during winter. Additional meteor radar measurements at midlatitude stations did not show such a zonal wind reversal but indicate, together with the polar latitude stations, a reversal of the horizontal temperature gradient. This is confirmed by global satellite measurements. Therefore, it is plausible that the polar latitude summer-like zonal wind reversal in December–January is in accordance with the reversed horizontal temperature gradient assuming a thermal wind balance between mid- and polar latitudes. The reversed horizontal temperature gradient itself is induced by stationary ... |
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Stober, Gunter Matthias, Vivien Jacobi, Christoph Wilhelm, Sven Höffner, Josef Chau, Jorge L. |
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Stober, Gunter Matthias, Vivien Jacobi, Christoph Wilhelm, Sven Höffner, Josef Chau, Jorge L. |
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Exceptionally strong summer-like zonal wind reversal in the upper mesosphere during winter 2015/16 ... |
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Exceptionally strong summer-like zonal wind reversal in the upper mesosphere during winter 2015/16 ... |
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Exceptionally strong summer-like zonal wind reversal in the upper mesosphere during winter 2015/16 ... |
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Exceptionally strong summer-like zonal wind reversal in the upper mesosphere during winter 2015/16 ... |
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Exceptionally strong summer-like zonal wind reversal in the upper mesosphere during winter 2015/16 ... |
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exceptionally strong summer-like zonal wind reversal in the upper mesosphere during winter 2015/16 ... |
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