Study on Planetary Wave Propagation in the Lower Thermosphere using wind Measurements from Fabry-Perot Interferometers
Abstract
This research is focused on the study of planetary wave propagation in the lower thermosphere. The Fabry-Perot Interferometer (FPI) is a passive optical sensing instrument used to estimate thermospheric winds and temperature. The data used in this paper were captured by the FPIs which are located at São João do Carirri (7.4°S, 36.5°W) and Cajazeiras (6.9ºS, 38.5ºW). The main objective of this research is looking for periodicities in the wind measurements with periods longer than few days in both component of the wind. This was done by using airglow emission of Atomic Oxygen OI630nm in the red line during the nighttime, i.e., from 20:00 to 03:00 local time (LT). Lomb-Scargle analysis was used to process the thermospheric winds and temperature. Phases (time of maximum) and amplitudes of these oscillations were estimated by using Least Square fitting method (LSF), almost all of periodicities propagation of planetary waves was above 2 days for the Zonal and Meriodional winds. A strong oscillation of quasi eight days were observed from September to December 2003
- Publication:
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41st COSPAR Scientific Assembly
- Pub Date:
- July 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016cosp...41E1184O