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Reid et al. 1988

Reid, I.M., Rüster, R., Czechowsky, P. and Schmidt, G. (1988). VHF radar measurements of momentum flux in the summer polar mesosphere over Andenes (69°N, 16°E), Norway. Geophysical Research Letters 15: doi: 10.1029/88GL03439. issn: 0094-8276.

The mobile SOUSY VHF (53.5 MHz) radar, located near Andenes on the island of Andoya in Northern Norway, has been used to measure the upward flux of horizontal momentum per unit mass (u¿'¿w¿'¿+v¿'w¿'¿) associated with gravity waves and turbulence near the summer polar mesopause. Here we describe the experiment and present some preliminary results. When averaged over a period of about three hours, magnitudes of u¿'¿w¿'¿+v¿'¿w¿'¿ are found to reach a maximum value of 66 m2 s-2 near the peak of the so-called Polar Mesopause Summer Echo (PMSE). The PMSE itself appears to exhibit substantial aspect sensitivity. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1988

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Keywords
Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Mesoscale meteorology, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Polar meteorology

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Geophysical Research Letters
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