Publication Date:
2013-08-31
Description:
The VHF band MU radar at Shigaraki, Japan, has been in full operation successfully since April 1985. Dynamical features found primarily in the data obtained by the radar during a one year period from December 1985 to November 1986 are examined. These include: basic wind observations, quasi-monochromatic gravity waves generated by the jet stream or through a geostrophic adjustment process, seasonal variation of the mesoscale wind variability, the momentum flux due to gravity wave motions, and saturated gravity wave spectrum. A short discussion is added to the relationship between turbulent layers and ambient wind field in the mesosphere.
Keywords:
GEOPHYSICS
Type:
International Council of Scientific Unions, Middle Atmosphere Program. Handbook for MAP, volume 27; p 427-438
Format:
application/pdf