HR: 1340h
AN: SA53A-1154    [Abstracts]
TI: Optical and Radar Observations of the Midnight Temperature Maximum
AU: Bailes, L W
EM: bailesb@yahoo.com
AF: Clemson University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson, SC 29634-0978 United States
AU: * Meriwether, J W
EM: john.meriwether@ces.clemson.edu
AF: Clemson University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson, SC 29634-0978 United States
AU: Faivre, M
EM: faivre@clemson.edu
AF: Clemson University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson, SC 29634-0978 United States
AU: Tepley, C
EM: ctepley@naic.edu
AF: Cornell University, Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, PR 00612 United States
AU: Sulzer, M
EM: msulzer@naic.edu
AF: Cornell University, Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, PR 00612 United States
AU: Aponte, N
EM: rgarcia@naic.edu
AF: Cornell University, Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, PR 00612 United States
AU: Garcia, R
EM: naponte@naic.edu
AF: Cornell University, Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, PR 00612 United States
AU: Chau, J
EM: chau@geo.igp.gob.pe
AF: Cornell University, Jicamarca Radio Observatory Instituto Geofisica del Peru, Lima, 14853 Peru
AU: Hysell, D
EM: daveh@geology.geo.cornell.edu
AF: Cornell University, Jicamarca Radio Observatory Instituto Geofisica del Peru, Lima, 14853 Peru
AU: Veliz, O
EM: oveliz@jro.igp.gob.pe
AF: Interactive Technology, Inc., 50 E Quinobequin Rd, Waban, MA 02468 United States
AU: Sherwood, P
EM: sherwood@computer.org
AF: Interactive Technology, Inc., 50 E Quinobequin Rd, Waban, MA 02468 United States
AU: Biondi, M
EM: Biondi+@pitt.edu
AF: University of Pittsburgh, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Pittsburgh, PA 48311 United States
AB: An interesting phenomenon called the midnight temperature maximum (MTM) has been observed by Fabry-Perot measurements on numerous occasions over many years for low and equatorial latitudes. The MTM is seen near midnight and its amplitude is strongest during the equinox. We report on simultaneous optical and radar observations of the MTM that were obtained with Fabry-Perot and incoherent scatter radar measurements at Arecibo in Puerto Rico and at Arequipa-Lima in southern Peru. These results show that the heating represented by the MTM occur at altitudes above 270 km and is distributed evenly over the altitude range of 300 to 400 km.
DE: 0310 Airglow and aurora
DE: 3369 Thermospheric dynamics (0358)
DE: 3389 Tides and planetary waves
SC: SPA-Aeronomy [SA]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005