New perspectives on thermosphere tides: 2. Penetration to the upper thermosphere

In this paper, we present new multi-year and 72-day mean seasonal-latitudinal tidal structures in exospheric temperature derived from joint analysis of CHAMP and GRACE accelerometer measurements. These results include diurnal tides DE3, DE2, D0, and DW2 and semidiurnal tides S0, SE1, SE2, SE3, SW4,...

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Published in:Earth, planets, and space planets, and space, 2014-09, Vol.66 (1), p.122
Main Authors: Forbes, Jeffrey M, Zhang, Xiaoli, Bruinsma, Sean L
Format: Article
Language:English
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Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Geology
Geophysics/Geodesy
International CAWSES-II Symposium
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Summary:In this paper, we present new multi-year and 72-day mean seasonal-latitudinal tidal structures in exospheric temperature derived from joint analysis of CHAMP and GRACE accelerometer measurements. These results include diurnal tides DE3, DE2, D0, and DW2 and semidiurnal tides S0, SE1, SE2, SE3, SW4, and SW6. We also employ Hough mode extensions (HMEs) and the Climatological Model of Thermosphere Tides (CTMT) to ascertain whether the observed structures are consistent with those observed at 110 km and presented in part 1 of this study. The aggregate sum of all the tidal components is shown to impose considerable longitude and month-to-month variability on the exosphere temperature tidal spectrum. Please see related article: http://www.earth-planets-space.com/content/66/1/136 .
ISSN:1880-5981
1880-5981
DOI:10.1186/1880-5981-66-122