Diurnal and semi-diurnal tides in the equatorial middle atmosphere

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Aug 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992jatp...54..881k&link_type=abstract

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics (ISSN 0021-9169), vol. 54, no. 7-8, July-Aug. 1992, p. 881-891.

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Atmospheric Tides, Diurnal Variations, Equatorial Atmosphere, Middle Atmosphere, Atmospheric Temperature, Meridional Flow, Zonal Flow (Meteorology)

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Wind and temperature data taken from rocket launchings in the tropical belt are analyzed to derive diurnal and semidiurnal tidal components in wind and temperature in the middle atmosphere. Parachute wind tracking and a wire thermometer yielded data that are subjected to a least-squares analysis to derive the amplitudes and phases of the diurnal and semidiurnal components of the zonal and meridional winds and temperature. The results are compared to those expected by theory, and discrepancies are noted in the data particularly in the zonal and meridional components. The discrepancies are attributed to the semiannual oscillations in wind and temperature, short-term changes in O3, nonstationary background atmospheric conditions, and nonmigrating and/or higher-order migrating modes.

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