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Climatological comparison of polar mesosphere summer echoes over the Arctic and Antarctica at 69°
Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik, Kühlungsborn, Germany
Damian J. Murphy
Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia
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Short summary
This paper gives an overview of continuous measurements of polar mesophere summer echoes (PMSE) by VHF radars at Andøya (69° N) and Davis (69° S). PMSE signal strengths are of the same order of magnitude; significantly fewer PMSE were observed in the Southern than the Northern Hemisphere. Compared to Andøya, the PMSE season over Davis starts ~7 d later and ends 9 d earlier; PMSE occur less frequently but with greater seasonal/diurnal occurrence variability, reaching higher peak altitudes.
This paper gives an overview of continuous measurements of polar mesophere summer echoes (PMSE)...