Temperatures and horizontal winds in the Antarctic summer mesosphere

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Lübken, Franz-Josef, Müllemann, Arno
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2004
• Subjects: Meteorology and Climatology; Atmospheric Sciences; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Rothera; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12254/; http://www.agu.org/journals/jd/jd0424/2004JD005133/index.html

A series of 26 meteorological rockets ("falling spheres,'' FS) were launched in January and February 1998 from the Antarctic research station Rothera (68degreesS, 68degreesW). These flights gave densities and temperatures below similar to93 km and horizontal winds below similar to75 k...