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Tides and the midnight temperature anomally in the thermosphereSpectral analysis of the midnight temperature anomaly observed on Atmosphere Explorer-E indicates that the phenomenon can be adequately represented with wave numbers between 1 and 5. Results from a multiconstituent circulation model suggest that this feature and associated variations in composition are the result of a complex interaction between the semidiurnal tide generated in the lower atmosphere and ion-neutral momentum coupling associated with the diurnal variation of the ion density which, in turn, also generates higher order tidal models.
Document ID
19790057268
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Mayr, H. G. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Harris, I. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Spencer, N. W. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Hedin, A. E. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Wharton, L. E. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Planetary Atmospheres, Greenbelt, Md., United States)
Porter, H. S. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Planetary Atmospheres, Greenbelt; Computer Sciences Corp., Silver Spring, Md., United States)
Walker, J. C. G. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Planetary Atmospheres, Greenbelt, Md.; Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, P.R., United States)
Carlson, H. C., Jr. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Planetary Atmospheres, Greenbelt, Md.; NSF, Washington, D.C., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1979
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 6
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
79A41281
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-24331
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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