An analysis of the high-latitude thermospheric wind pattern calculated by a thermospheric general circulation model. I - Momentum forcing

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Sep 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984jgr....89.7509k&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 89, Sept. 1, 1984, p. 7509-7522.

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Atmospheric Circulation, Polar Meteorology, Thermosphere, Winds Aloft, Atmospheric Models, E Region, F Region, Momentum Transfer, Space Plasmas, Wind Direction

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A diagnostic processor (DP) was developed for analysis of hydrodynamic and thermodynamic processes predicted by the NCAR thermospheric general circulation model (TGCM). The TGCM contains a history file on the projected wind, temperature and composition fields at each grid point for each hour of universal time. The DP assimilates the history file plus ion drag tensors and drift velocities, specific heats, coefficients of viscosity, and thermal conductivity and calculates the individual forcing terms for the momentum and energy equations for a given altitude. Sample momentum forcings were calculated for high latitudes in the presence of forcing by solar radiation and magnetospheric convection with a 60 kV cross-tail potential, i.e., conditions on Oct. 21, 1981. It was found that ion drag and pressure forces balance out at F region heights where ion drift velocities are small. The magnetic polar cap/auroral zone boundary featured the largest residual force or net acceleration. Diurnal oscillations were detected in the thermospheric convection, and geostrophic balance was dominant in the E layer.

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