Southern-hemisphere PMSE: Where are they?

We report a surprising absence of PMSE (Polar Mesospheric Summer Echoes) in VHF radar observations of the southern summer high-latitude mesosphere. Our observations cover about twenty days during January-February, 1993, from King George Island, Antarctica. Por pares

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Geophysical Research Letters
Main Authors: Balsley, B. B., Woodman Pollitt, Ronald Francisco, Sarango, M., Urbina, J., Rodríguez, R., Ragaini, E., Carey, J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union 1993
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12816/1761
https://doi.org/10.1029/93GL02244
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Summary:We report a surprising absence of PMSE (Polar Mesospheric Summer Echoes) in VHF radar observations of the southern summer high-latitude mesosphere. Our observations cover about twenty days during January-February, 1993, from King George Island, Antarctica. Por pares