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Pereira et al. 1980
Pereira, E., Kelley, M.C., Rees, D., Mikkelsen, I.S., Jørgensen, T.S. and Fuller-Rowell, T.J. (1980). Observations of neutral wind profiles between 115- and 175-km altitude in the dayside auroral oval. Journal of Geophysical Research 85: doi: 10.1029/JA085iA06p02935. issn: 0148-0227.

Lithium trail neutral wind measurements have been made in the morning dayside auroral oval as a function of altitude. During all four experiments the winds displayed a large altitude shear. In the most extreme case the wind at 135-km altitude was toward the south at 210 m/s, and at 175-km altitude toward the northwest at 170 m/s. A one-dimensional numerical solution to the Navier Stokes equation including an initial steady state wind profile, viscosity, pressure gradient, Lorenz force (J¿B), and the Coriolis force was made in order to study the effect of auroral processes on the neutral atmosphere. Since electric fields and plasma density were measured, the Lorenz force could be modeled with reasonable accuracy. The pressure gradient was determined in an iterative way as a best fit to the observation. Within the limitations of a one-dimensional model the numerical solution is in reasonable agreement with one of the observations, which is applicable to such a modeling, and indicates that both Lorenz forces and pressure gradients due to auroral processes are required to explain the observation.

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