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Comparison between reference atmosphere winds and radar winds from selected locationsZonal and meridional 60-110-km wind profiles obtained by radar measurements at Saskatoon, Adelaide, Christchurch, Puerto Rico, and Mawson are presented graphically and compared with those from the COSPAR International Reference Atmosphere (CIRA) for 1986. Good general agreement is found below about 80 km, but above 80 km the CIRA 1986 models show discrepancies, including: (1) no spring tongue of weak westward flow at latitudes 20-70 deg; (2) too strong an eastward flow at 20-52 deg in summer; (3) too great reversal heights at 35-43 deg N in summer; and (4) too strong (by a factor of 2) summer and winter jets at 65-70 deg N.
Document ID
19910040349
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Manson, A. H.
(Saskatchewan Univ. Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Canada)
Meek, C. E.
(Saskatchewan, University Saskatoon, Canada)
Vincent, R. A.
(Saskatchewan Univ. Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Canada)
Craig, R. L.
(Saskatchewan Univ. Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Canada)
Phillips, A.
(Adelaide, University Australia)
Fraser, G. J.
(Saskatchewan Univ. Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Canada)
Smith, M. J.
(Canterbury, University Christchurch, New Zealand)
Fellous, J. L.
(Saskatchewan Univ. Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Canada)
Massebeuf, M.
(Centre de Recherches en Physique de l'Environnement Terrestre et Planetaire Paris, France)
Chandra, S.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Advances in Space Research
Volume: 10
Issue: 12, 1
ISSN: 0273-1177
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
91A24972
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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