Analysis of the vertical component of wind velocity in the meteor zone.
Abstract
The paper presents a method for calculating the periodic variations (diurnal and longer) of the vertical component of ionospheric wind, with consideration of the variations of the horizontal wind component, on the basis of radio measurements of drift of meteor trails. A harmonic analysis is performed to determine the variations of the vertical wind component of the meteor zone for January and September-October 1971, and estimates are made of random and systematic measurement errors. Vertical component variations are studied in the framework of the theory of thermally excited tidal oscillations, caused by ozone heating.
- Publication:
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Komety i Meteory
- Pub Date:
- 1974
- Bibcode:
- 1974KomMe..23...37K
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Tides;
- Ionospheric Drift;
- Meteor Trails;
- Radio Meteors;
- Wind Velocity Measurement;
- Air Masses;
- Annual Variations;
- Atmospheric Circulation;
- Atmospheric Models;
- Computer Techniques;
- Diurnal Variations;
- Error Analysis;
- Fourier Series;
- Harmonic Analysis;
- Linear Equations;
- Vertical Air Currents;
- Astrophysics