Articles | Volume 42, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-42-1-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-42-1-2024
Regular paper
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02 Feb 2024
Regular paper |  | 02 Feb 2024

High-time-resolution analysis of meridional tides in the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere at mid-latitudes measured by the Falkland Islands SuperDARN radar

Gareth Chisham, Andrew J. Kavanagh, Neil Cobbett, Paul Breen, and Tim Barnes

Data sets

Falkland Islands SuperDARN radar high-time resolution meridional meteor winds - 2010 and 2011 (Version 1.0) G. Chisham https://doi.org/10.5285/05fd4030-9c22-4bfe-91c2-0f63ac376ec1

SuperDARN Radar Software Toolkit (RST) SuperDARN Data Analysis Working Group et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7467337

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Short summary
Solar tides in the atmosphere are driven by solar heating on the dayside of the Earth. They result in large-scale periodic motion of the upper atmosphere. This motion can be measured by ground-based radars. This paper shows that making measurements at a higher time resolution than the standard operation provides a better description of higher-frequency tidal variations. This will improve the inputs to empirical atmospheric models and the benefits of data assimilation.