Comparison of winds measured by MU radar and Fabry-Perot interferometer and effect of OI5577 airglow height variations

Details Comparison of winds measured by MU radar and Fabry-Perot interferometer and effect of OI5577 airglow height variations Comparison of winds measured by MU radar and Fabry-Perot interferometer and effect of OI5577 airglow height variations

Apr 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004jastp..66..573f&link_type=abstract

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 66, Issue 6-9, p. 573-583.

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Mesopause, Meteor Radar, Fabry-Perot Interferometer, Airglow, Remote Sensing, Atmospheric Gravity Waves

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We have compared wind velocities around mesopause height measured by the middle and upper atmosphere (MU) radar (meteor mode) and OI (5577) airglow observation by an Fabry-Perot Interferometer (FPI), at Shigaraki (34.8°N,136.1°E), Japan, on November 13/14, 1999. When we assume the airglow height is constant throughout the night, it was difficult to find a single height exhibiting small r.m.s. differences between the two methods for both eastward and northward wind velocities. However, in the case we introduce a time variation of the airglow height due to a large-scale gravity wave activity, we have found very small r.m.s. wind difference: The assumptions are of the airglow height variation with an amplitude of 1.5km, a period of 5.7h and a linear trend of -0.19km/h having the average height of 92.8km. Further analysis of time and height variations of the winds and diffusion coefficients measured by the MU radar indicated that a gravity wave with a very similar structure predicted in the above comparison between the FPI and meteor winds has been detected as a dominant wave component. Thus, we conclude that the existence of a gravity wave which can change the airglow height will lead to differences in wind velocities observed with FPI and radar techniques.

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