Influence of tides and gravity waves on layering processes in the polar summer mesopause region

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: P. Hoffmann, M. Rapp, J. Fiedler, R. Latteck
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2008
• Subjects: Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Norway; Alomar; Andenes
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-26-4013-2008; https://doaj.org/article/80d6fb012f7245d89d50715a6c9fcdec

Polar Mesosphere Summer Echoes (PMSE) have been studied at Andenes (69° N, 16° E), Norway, using VHF radar observations since 1994. One remarkable feature of these observations is the fact that {during 50% of the time,} the radar echoes occur in the form of two or more distinct layers. In the case o...