Seasonal variations of the gravity wave momentum flux in the Antarctic mesosphere and lower thermosphere

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
• Main Authors: Espy, P.J., Jones, G.O.L., Swenson, G.R., Tang, J., Taylor, M.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2004
• Subjects: Atmospheric Sciences; Antarctic; Austral; Halley Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12162/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12162/1/2003JD004446.pdf; http://www.agu.org/journals/jd/jd0423/2003JD004446/

Airglow imager and dynasonde/imaging Doppler interferometer (IDI) radar wind measurements at Halley Station, Antarctica (75.6degreesS, 26.6degreesW) have been used to estimate the seasonal variation of the vertical fluxes of horizontal momentum carried by high-frequency atmospheric gravity waves. Th...