Optical interferometric measurements of nighttime equatorial thermospheric winds at Arequipa, Peru

Details Optical interferometric measurements of nighttime equatorial thermospheric winds at Arequipa, Peru Optical interferometric measurements of nighttime equatorial thermospheric winds at Arequipa, Peru

May 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986jgr....91.5557m&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 91, May 1, 1986, p. 5557-5566.

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Equatorial Atmosphere, Night Sky, Thermosphere, Winds Aloft, Diurnal Variations, Interferometry, Meridional Flow, Optical Measurement, Winter

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Nighttime measurements of equatorial thermospheric wind dynamics were obtained at Arequipa, Peru, with an automated field-widened Fabry-Perot interferometer between April 1983 and August 1983 and reduced data from 62 nights. Significant seasonal variations in both zonal and meridional components of the thermospheric neutral wind vector were observed. Near the equinox, between 2000 and 2300 LT, the zonal wind component is eastward with an amplitude between 100 and 150 m/s that gradually ebbs to zero by dawn. The meridional component is generally small throughout the night. In the winter months (May to August) and at the winter solstice, the zonal wind persists eastward throughout the night with speeds between 50 and 150 m/s. The meridional component is directed poleward (southward) toward the winter hemisphere with a speed of 50-75 m/s that decays to zero by midnight. Interferometric measurements of the 630.0-nm intensity at equinox showed a major reduction of the emission listing 1 or 2 hours in all directions but south shortly after evening twilight; this decrease was not observed during winter.

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