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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-9435-2022
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Research article
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22 Jul 2022
Research article |
| 22 Jul 2022
| 22 Jul 2022
Radar observations of winds, waves and tides in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere over South Georgia island (54° S, 36° W) and comparison with WACCM simulations
Centre for Space, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Bath, Bath, UK
Nicholas J. Mitchell
Centre for Space, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Bath, Bath, UK
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
Neil Cobbett
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
Anne K. Smith
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Dave C. Fritts
GATS, Boulder, CO, USA
Diego Janches
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Corwin J. Wright
Centre for Space, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Bath, Bath, UK
Tracy Moffat-Griffin
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
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We present observations of winds in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) from a recently installed meteor radar on the remote island of South Georgia (54° S, 36° W). We characterise mean winds, tides, planetary waves, and gravity waves in the MLT at this location and compare our measured winds with a leading climate model. We find that the observed wintertime winds are unexpectedly reversed from model predictions, probably because of missing impacts of secondary gravity waves in the model.
We present observations of winds in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) from a recently...
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