Neutral air turbulence in the upper atmosphere observed during the Energy Budget Campaign
Document ID: 66
Thrane, Eivind V.1
Andreassen, Ø.1
Blix, T.1
Grandal, B.1
Brekke, A.2
Philbrick, C. Russell3
Schmidlin, F. J.
Widdel, Hans Ulrich5
von Zahn, Ulf6
Lübken, F. J.6
1 Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, Kjeller, Norway
2 University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
3 USAF, Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, Bedford, MA, U.S.A.
NASA Wallops Flight Center, Wallops Island, VA, U.S.A.
5 Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie, Katlenburg-Lindau, F.R.G.
6 University of Bonn, Bonn, F.R.G.
Abstract
A number of different experimental techniques employed in the campaign provided measurements on the fine scale structure of the upper atmosphere, from which information about turbulent intensity, eddy transport and eddy dissipation rates may be extracted. The turbulent state of the mesosphere was shown to be highly variable and significant differences were found between observations obtained during the four salvoes launched during different degrees of geomagnetic disturbance.
| Citation: | "Neutral air turbulence in the upper atmosphere observed during the Energy Budget Campaign", Thrane, E. V., Ø. Andreassen, T. Blix, B. Grandal, A. Brekke, C. R. Philbrick, F. J. Schmidlin, H. U. Widdel, U. von Zahn, F. J. Lübken, Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, Vol. 47, No. 1, Elsevier, 1985, pp. 243 - 264, CCC: 0021-9169/85 |