Neutral winds derived from IRI parameters and from the HWM87 wind model for the sundial campaign of September, 1986

Author:: Miller, K. L.
Published:: JAN 1, 1990.
Physical Description:: 1 electronic document
Additional Creators:: Hedin, A. E., Richards, P. G., Wilkinson, P. J., and Torr, D. G.

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Meridional neutral winds derived from the height of the maximum ionization of the F2 layer are compared with values from results of the HWM87 empirical neutral wind model. The time period considered is the SUNDIAL-2 campaign, 21 Sept. through 5 Oct. 1986. Winds were derived from measurements by a global network of ionosondes, as well as from similar quantities generated by the International Reference Ionosphere. Global wind patterns from the three sources are similar. Differences tend to be the result of local or transient phenomena that are either too rapid to be described by the order of harmonics of the empirical models, or are the result of temporal changes not reproduced by models based on average conditions.

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METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY

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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.

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Document ID: 19910001230.
Accession ID: 91N10543.
NASA-TM-103445.
NAS 1.15:103445.

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