Articles | Volume 15, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-997-1198-4
© European Geosciences Union 1997
Special issue:
30 Sep 1997
30 Sep 1997
Modeling the diurnal tide with dissipation derived from UARS/HRDI measurements
Abstract. This paper uses dissipation values derived from UARS/HRDI observations in a recently published diurnal-tide model. These model structures compare quite well with the UARS/HRDI observations with respect to the annual variation of the diurnal tidal amplitudes and the size of the amplitudes themselves. It is suggested that the annual variation of atmospheric dissipation in the mesosphere-lower thermosphere is a major controlling factor in determining the annual variation of the diurnal tide.