DIURNAL AND SEMI-DIURNAL TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY OF THE MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE, AS OBSERVED BY ISAMS

Some preliminary results are presented showing that the ISAMS instrument on board the UARS satellite has detected sun-synchronous variations in atmospheric temperature between 15-80 km altitude. These are interpreted as the westward-migrating diurnal and semi-diurnal tides. Zonal mean maps of the am...

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Main Authors: Dudhia, A, Smith, S, Wood, A, Taylor, F
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1993