Long-lived polar thermospheric vortices - A combined radar and optical study

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Jul 1991

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(Thermospheric and ionospheric dynamics; Symposium, Exeter, England, July 1989, Selected Papers. A92-10626 01-46) Journal of Atm

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Incoherent Scatter Radar, Ionospheric Sounding, Polar Regions, Thermosphere, Vortices, Atmospheric Circulation, Doppler Effect, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Wind Profiles, Wind Velocity

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A Doppler Imaging System has been used to map the polar thermospheric circulation in the vicinity of the high-latitude station of Kiruna (67 deg N, 20 deg E), in conjunction with extended coverage of ionospheric plasma flow patterns obtained simultaneously by the EISCAT radar facility. Combined wind and radar results were obtained during the nights of 24/25 and 25/26 November 1987. On 24 November 1987, a strong anticyclonic vortex was generated within the region of the dusk auroral oval and polar cap, associated with sunward wind velocities in the dusk auroral oval, of up to 400 m/sec. These winds were generated by the combination of ion drag and the resonant response of the thermosphere. The observations of this sustained anticyclonic vortex on the night of 24/25 November confirmed a concept predicted earlier by theoretical modeling. Following the intense activity which led to their generation, such vortices may survive during several hours of decreasing geomagnetic activity. The decrease of viscosity with decreasing altitude and the decrease of plasma density in the ionosphere below-250 km limits the viscous and the electrodynamic dissipation of the thermospheric 'flywheel'.

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