WIND MEASUREMENTS IN THE SUBPOLAR MESOPAUSE REGION

Abstract

Mesospheric wind data obtained with a new high altitude Loki system during the summer of 1966 over Fort Greely, Alaska, are presented. Soundings, utilizing very light chaff as a wind sensor, were scheduled near noon and midnight for a 50-hour period. These data are from a sparsely sampled region of the atmosphere. The diurnal variations and the high velocities observed give valuable information regarding noctilucent clouds, atmospheric tidal oscillations, and the mean summer flow near the subpolar mesopause.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0650813

Entities

People

  • James E. Morris

Organizations

  • Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Boundary Layer
  • Data Acquisition
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • High Altitude
  • Measurement
  • Mesopause
  • Noctilucent Clouds
  • Refractive Index
  • Turbulence
  • Wind Shear
  • Wind Velocity

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.