Statistical characteristics of PMWE observations by the EISCAT VHF radar
In the present paper ~ 32.5 h of EISCAT VHF PMWE observations were analyzed with focus on spectral properties like spectral width, doppler shift and spectral shape. Examples from two days of observations with weak and strong polar mesosphere winter echo (PMWE) signals are presented and discussed in...
| Published in: | Annales Geophysicae |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2013
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-359-2013 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00023243 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00023198/angeo-31-359-2013.pdf https://angeo.copernicus.org/articles/31/359/2013/angeo-31-359-2013.pdf |
| Summary: | In the present paper ~ 32.5 h of EISCAT VHF PMWE observations were analyzed with focus on spectral properties like spectral width, doppler shift and spectral shape. Examples from two days of observations with weak and strong polar mesosphere winter echo (PMWE) signals are presented and discussed in detail. These examples reveal a large variability from one case to the other. That is, some features like an observed change of vertical wind direction and spectral broadening can be very prominent in one case, but unnoticeable in the other case. However, for all observations a change of spectral shape inside the layer relative to the incoherent background is noticed. |
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