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A method for extracting meridonal winds from ionosonde measurements by using ionospheric models
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Richards, P. G. Torr, D. G. |
| Copyright Year | 1986 |
| Description | There has been great progress in modelling and measuring the dynamics of the neutral upper atmosphere in recent years. However, future progress will depend on the availability of global measurements of neutral winds. Attention is drawn to a relatively cheap means of supplementing the data base of neutral winds provided by radar and optical measurements with data obtained by ionosondes. Rishbeth in his review of F-region dynamics, derived the relationship between the height of the F2 layer and the component of the neutral wind parallel to the magnetic field of the Earth. The sensitivity is examined of the height and density of the F2 layer over Boulder, Colorado on 30 July 1982 to changes in meridional wind speed using a comprehensive interhemispheric numerical model that solves the continuity and momentum equations for H+ and O+, the energy equations for Te and Ti, and the 2-stream photoelectron equations to obtain electron heating rates. For the neutral atmosphere temperature and densities, the mass spectrometer incoherent scatter radar model of Hedin was used. |
| File Size | 130740 |
| Page Count | 6 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19860019857 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9w13z91x |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1986-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Atmospheric Circulation Neutral Gases Meridional Flow Atmospheric Models Wind Velocity Wind Direction F 2 Region Atmospheric Temperature Incoherent Scatter Radar Ionosondes Magnetic Fields Atmospheric Density Fabry-perot Interferometers Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |