Mysterious Mesospheric Bores Over the South Pole

• Main Author: Solorio, Christina
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Hosted by Utah State University Libraries 2016
• Subjects: South Pole; mesospheric bores; Antarctic polar vortex; gravity waves; Physics; Amundsen Scott South Pole Station; Amundsen-Scott; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; Antarctic; Antarc*; South pole
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/phys_capstoneproject/41; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1042&context=phys_capstoneproject

Abstract. During the winter‐time, the South Pole lies at the center of the giant Antarctic polar vortex which isolates it from the rest of the world. Over the past four years, USU has successfully operated an infrared camera at the US Amundsen‐Scott South Pole Station to investigate dynamics of atmo...