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Greet et al. 2000

Greet, P.A., Murphy, D.J., Vincent, R. and Dyson, P.L. (2000). A comparison of optical and radar measurements of mesospheric winds and tides. Geophysical Research Letters 27: doi: 10.1029/2000GL000036. issn: 0094-8276.

Optical measurements of mesospheric winds by Fabry-Perot spectrometers, FPSs, at Mawson, 67.6¿ S 62.9¿ E, and Davis, 68.6¿ S 78.0¿ E, Antarctica are compared with similar measurements obtained using a spaced-antenna MF radar at Davis. The FPSs observed the OH emission. Different analysis procedures, used to determine the mean wind, and amplitude and phase of the semidiurnal tide, have been compared. At these latitudes the diurnal tide is weak and the semi-diurnal tide, although highly variable in amplitude, is usually the dominant periodicity. When comparing the amplitude and phase of the semidiurnal tide good agreement is obtained between measurements by the two instruments. ¿ 2000 American Geophysical Union

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Keywords
Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Mesospheric dynamics, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Middle atmosphere dynamics (0341, 0342), Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Waves and tides, Radio Science, Radar atmospheric physics

Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
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