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Articles | Volume 42, issue 1
Articles | Volume 42, issue 1
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28 Feb 2024
Regular paper |  | 28 Feb 2024

Climatological comparison of polar mesosphere summer echoes over the Arctic and Antarctica at 69°

Ralph Latteck and Damian J. Murphy

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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.
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