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Source regions for Antarctic MLT non‐migrating semidiurnal tides
Author(s) -
Murphy D. J.,
Aso T.,
Fritts D. C.,
Hibbins R. E.,
McDonald A. J.,
Riggin D. M.,
Tsutsumi M.,
Vincent R. A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2008gl037064
Subject(s) - thermosphere , mesosphere , wavenumber , stratosphere , geology , southern hemisphere , northern hemisphere , amplitude , atmospheric sciences , oceanography , geophysics , climatology , ionosphere , physics , quantum mechanics , optics
Source regions for the westward propagating zonal wavenumber one and three components of the semidiurnal tide observed in the summer mesosphere and lower thermosphere over Antarctica are identified by correlating local tidal variations with global planetary wave one activity in the stratosphere and lower mesosphere. The advantages of using zonal wavenumber resolved tidal amplitudes for such a study are described. The results support the prediction of a source region in the northern hemisphere.