Diurnal Temperature Change in the Atmosphere between 30 and 60 km Over White Sands Missile Range

Beyers, Norman J.; Miers, Bruce T.

doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1965)022<0262:dtcita>2.0.co;2

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“…Observations of diurnal temperature change in the stratosphere were done by Beyers and Miers (1965) over White Sands Missile Range (32 °N). According to their results the diurnal temperature range is less than 5°C below 40 km and about 10°C near the stratopause, though these values are somewhat larger than Leovy's theoretical results.…”

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Planetary Waves in the Upper Stratosphere in Early 1966

Hirota

1968

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

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Planetary Waves in the Upper Stratosphere in Early 1966

Hirota

1968

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

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“…It is suggested that this might be another manifestation of a diurnal variation in the mesopause barrier penetration which complements the morning to afternoon difference noted in Section 4. BEYERS and MIERS (1965) found a difference in temperature of 20K between early morning and afternoon at 55 km. This is already half of the largest seasonal variation used by GELLER (1970) to explain the seasonal variation in lunar tide.…”

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Problems of identifying lunar geomagnetic effects at Huancayo.

Stening

1975

J. geomagn. geoelec

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Monthly and semimonthly harmonic analyses of H are performed and some evidence of a diurnal variation of the lunar tide strength is found. Contamination of the data by magnetic disturbance can be identified by examining the phase progression in local time of the semimonthly component. This contamination is also found in the work of some other authors. It is suggested that some effects previously described as "lunar" are due to other causes.

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“…This Meteorological Rocket Network (MRN) has expanded the atmospheric volume which is currently subject to meteorological scrutiny from limitations of the order of 30 km peak altitude to a current synoptic data ceiling of the order of 80 km. A number of very important findings have resulted from MRN synoptic exploration of the upper atmosphere, the most notable of which (for our current purposes) is the discovery of large diurnal variations of the temperature (Beyers and Miers, 1965), wind (Miers, 1965) and ozone ) fields of the stratopause region. Solar ultraviolet heating of the ozonosphere is indicated by the data to be concentrated in middle and low latitudes in a relatively thin layer in the 45 to 50 km altitude region and the transport of this diurnal heat pulse downward and upward from the stratopause level is then accomplished by secondary physical processes.…”

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“…Diurnal variations in the temperature (Beyers and Miers, 1965) and wind (Miers, 1965) fields of the stratospheric circulation of the order of 150 and 30 mps respectively were discovered through application of the sensitive measuring systems of the Meteorological Rocket Network. The diurnal variation of the wind field has been shown to be a general characteristic of MRN data .…”

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Source of atmospheric electrification

Webb¹

1968

J. Geophys. Res.

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WHT AD ISL AGNWMXC Ditiuio0fti reoti ulmtd 0cm UNTDSAE0RYELCRNC OMN BetAalbeCp DOC AVAILABILITY NOTICEDistribution of this :-eport is unlimited. DISPOSITION INSTRUCTIONSDestroy this report when it is no longer needed. Do not return it to the originator. PRECEDINGJ PAGE BLANK ABSTRACT Synoptic rocket exploration of the stratospheric circulation has revealed the presence of hemispheric tidal circulations which are indicated to be in part characterized by systematic vertical motions in low latitudes of the sunlit hemisphere. These vertical motions are powered by maridional oscillations in the stratospheric circulation produced by solar heating of the stratopause region, and serve as the energy source of electrical current systems which are postulated to result from an impressed electromotive force which is produced by charged particle mobility differences in the lower ionosphere as the tidal circulations tend to force these particles across the earth's magnetic field. These dynamo currents are variable with geometry and time variabilities of the tidal circulations as well as variability in the solar-induced conductivity of the E region. The semiconducting lower atmosphere and highly conducting earth's surface occupy the near field of the lower side of this current system with a resulting complex tropospheric electrical structure. Low impedance electric current paths along magnetic field linrs result in development of currents in the exosphere which are A driven and controlled by the electrical structure of the primary dynamo circuit and exert a control of their own through interaction with the solar wind. The basic physical process which provides the required electromotive force for maintenance of the earth's atmospheric environment electrical structure is thus indicated to center in thermally driven tidal motions in the lower ionosphere, with locally observed structure such as the fair-weather electric field,

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Diurnal Temperature Change in the Atmosphere between 30 and 60 km Over White Sands Missile Range

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Planetary Waves in the Upper Stratosphere in Early 1966

Planetary Waves in the Upper Stratosphere in Early 1966

Problems of identifying lunar geomagnetic effects at Huancayo.

Source of atmospheric electrification

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