Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987angeo...5..337m&link_type=abstract
(URSI and High Altitude Observatory, International Symposium on Large-Scale Processes in the Ionospheric-Thermospheric System, B
Physics
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Atmospheric Circulation, Electric Fields, Neutral Sheets, Plasma Drift, Thermosphere, Wind Velocity, Incoherent Scatter Radar, Meridional Flow
Scientific paper
The paper presents neutral winds in the thermosphere parallel to the magnetic meridian derived from measurements of plasma properties, and discusses the effects of east-west electric fields on the results. The winds are derived by two different methods from the same data set: (1) from incoherent scatter radar ion drift measurements and (2) from the height of the F2-layer peak (hmax). The measurements were made at Millstone Hill during the Global Thermospheric Mapping Study (GTMS) of June 26-29, 1984 and Jan. 15-17, 1985. The two results agree within the statistical accuracies of the methods, although daytime winds from the ion drift measurements tend to be stronger toward the south than those derived from Hmax. The east-west electric field affects the height of the F2-layer in a manner similar to that of a meridional neutral wind.
Miller Kenneth L.
Salah Joseph E.
Torr Douglas G.
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