Can VHF radars at polar latitudes measure mean vertical winds in the presence of PMSE?

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: N. Gudadze, G. Stober, J. L. Chau
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: Physics; QC1-999; Chemistry; QD1-999; Norway; Andøya; Alomar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-4485-2019; https://doaj.org/article/71ce171a7f8044c597d0e6b585097fcb

Mean vertical velocity measurements obtained from radars at polar latitudes using polar mesosphere summer echoes (PMSEs) as an inert tracer have been considered to be non-representative of the mean vertical winds over the last couple of decades. We used PMSEs observed with the Middle Atmosphere Alom...