On the lack of southern hemisphere polar mesosphere summer echoes

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Balsley, B.B., Woodman Pollitt, Ronald Francisco, Sarango, M., Rodriguez, R., Urbina, J., E. Ragaini, Carey, J., Huaman, M., Giraldez, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 1995
• Subjects: Polar mesosphere summer echo; Polar mesospheric cloud; Summer mesopause; Wind profiler; http://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.05.01; Antártida Argentina; Argentina; Isla Rey Jorge; King George Island; Rey Jorge; Ushuaia; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antártida
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12816/1767; https://doi.org/10.1029/95JD00510

We report VHF radar observations of the southern high-latitude mesopause region using wind profilers that were installed recently on King George Island, Antarctica, and Ushuaia, Argentina. Briefly, our observations, which were made during January and February 1993, show almost no evidence of so-call...