A global view of tidal temperature perturbations above the mesopause: Preliminary model/observation intercomparison |
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| Institution: | 1. High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80307-8000, USA;2. Physics Department, University of Wuppertal, Gauss Strasse 20, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Migrating and nonmigrating diurnal tides in the temperature data from the satellite borne, Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere (CRISTA) experiment are compared to model predictions from the Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Electrodynamics General Circulation Model (TIME-GCM) and from the Global Scale Wave Model (GSWM). The comparative model/observation analysis is performed between 75–120 km altitude and at 7.5°N. The results suggest that interactions between quasi-stationary planetary waves and radiative and latent heat forced tidal components may play an important role in generating the thermal tidal structure above the mesopause though more extended model studies are necessary. |
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