Project information
REID, Prof. Iain
University of Adelaide
Davis
Project aim
A meteor radar will be installed at Davis Station to measure temperatures and wind velocities in the 80 to 100 km region of the atmosphere. It will do this by tracking the trail of ionized gas produced by meteors as they pass through this region. These trails are blown along by the winds after they are formed, and so act as tracers of the wind, before being dispersed. Undertanding the region is important, because it is believed to be providing indications of climate change.
Related publications
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First observations of Antarctic mesospheric tidal wind responses to recurrent geomagnetic activity. Geophysical Research Letters, 2021
(Ref: 16391)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Climatology of Interhemispheric mesopause temperatures using the high-latitude and middle-latitude meteor radars Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 2021
(Ref: 16390)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Climatology of the mesopause relative density using a global distribution of meteor radars Atmosphere Chemistry Physics, 2019
(Ref: 16161)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Reply to comment by Tsurutani et al. on First observation of mesosphere response to the solar wind high?speed streams Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 2019
(Ref: 16224)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Climatology of mesopause density using a global distribution of meteor radars 16th Annual meeting Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, 28 Jul-2 Aug 2019, Presentation AS13-A006., 2019
(Ref: 16252)
Category 3: Conference paper