HR: 0830h
AN: A31C-0046    [PDF]
TI: Yearly 24-hour Lidar Observations: Diurnal and Semi-diurnal Tides of Sodium Density, Temperature, and Wind
AU: * Kawahara, T
EM: kawahara@lamar.colostate.edu
AF: Physics Department, Colorado State University, 200 West Lake St., Fort Collins, CO 80523
AU: She, C
EM: joeshe@lamar.colostate.edu
AF: Physics Department, Colorado State University, 200 West Lake St., Fort Collins, CO 80523
AU: Krueger, D A
EM: krueger@lamar.colostate.edu
AF: Physics Department, Colorado State University, 200 West Lake St., Fort Collins, CO 80523
AB: The Colorado State sodium wind/temperature lidar measurements are used to characterize the bi-monthly behaviour of tide in the mesopause region (80-105 km). Total 936 hour data were taken throughout the diurnal and annual cycles at Fort Collins, CO from May 2002 through April 2003. This paper will present the monthly mean as well as diurnal and semi-diurnal tides of sodium density, temperature and zonal wind profiles in the mesopause region based on this data set.
DE: 3309 Climatology (1620)
DE: 3384 Waves and tides
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting