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Tsuda et al. 1981
Tsuda, T., Tanii, J., Aso, T. and Kato, S. (1981). Lunar tides at meteor heights. Geophysical Research Letters 8: doi: 10.1029/GL008i003p00191. issn: 0094-8276.

We determined lunar semidiurnal (M2) and diurnal luni-solar (O1) tides of the meridional winds observed for two years between 1979 and 1980 by the Kyoto meteor radar. At 95 km altitude, the M2 and O1 tidal wind of 2.2 m/sec and 1.2 m/sec were observed. From the downward phase progression with altitude, the vertical wavlength was estimated as 60 and 25 km for the M2 and O1 component, respectively. Seasonal variation of the M2 tidal wind was detected. Lunar variation has also been detected in the mean height of meteor echoes. The amplitude for the M2 and O1 component was 0.22 and 0.18 km, with the maximum height occurring at 9.4 and 14.1 hrs lunar time, respectively.

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