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Wu et al. 2002
Wu, Q., Killeen, T.L., McEwen, D., Solomon, S.C., Guo, W., Sivjee, G.G. and Reeves, J.M. (2002). Observation of the mesospheric and lower thermospheric 10-hour wave in the northern polar region. Journal of Geophysical Research 107: doi: 10.1029/2001JA000192. issn: 0148-0227.

A 10-hour wave in the mesospheric and lower thermospheric neutral winds and temperature was observed at northern high-latitude stations Resolute (74.9¿N) and Eureka (80.1¿N) by two Fabry-Perot interferometers, a Michelson interferometer, and a CCD spectrograph. The vertical wavelength of the wave was estimated to be ~53 km. An interstation wave phase comparison yielded a zonal wave number close to five. The neutral wind wave amplitude increased with altitude up to 97 km and varied little with latitude. Our observations suggest that the 10-hour wave is likely to be a result of the semidiurnal tide and the quasi-2-day wave nonlinear interaction and unlikely to be a Lamb wave. The OH emission and temperature observations are also consistent with this interpretation.

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Keywords
Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Mesospheric dynamics, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Waves and tides
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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