Comparing high-latitude thermospheric winds from Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) and challenging mini-satellite payload (CHAMP) accelerometer measurements

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: Aruliah, Anasuya (author), Förster, Matthias (author), Hood, Rosie (author), McWhirter, Ian (author), Doornbos, E.N. (author)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Esrange; Kiruna; Longyearbyen; Svalbard
• Online Access: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:cc8fff51-9b58-48f5-96e1-243f4df69987; https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-37-1095-2019

It is generally assumed that horizontal wind velocities are independent of height above the F 1 region (>300km) due to the large molecular viscosity of the upper thermosphere. This assumption is used to compare two completely different methods of thermospheric neutral wind observation, using two...