Upper atmosphere winds, temperatures, and emission intensities

This record details thermospheric and mesospheric winds, temperatures, and emission intensities from the Fabry Perot Spectrometer. See the publications database for a list of references associated with the project - ASAC projects 514 and 2699.

Project objectives: The principle aim of the project is to detect upwellings in thermospheric wind, characterise their properties at different levels in the thermosphere (~100 km and ~200 km altitude); and determine their impact on the mesosphere and ionosphere. The project will also: (i) systematically study the dynamics and thermodynamics of the Antarctic thermosphere and mesosphere by observing the winds and temperatures in these regions; (ii) identify the propagation of atmospheric gravity waves (AGWs) in the thermosphere and mesosphere; (iii) investigate the sources of AGWs in the thermosphere and their impact on the ionosphere; (iv) monitor the long term behaviour of the thermosphere and mesosphere for changes possibly related to global change; Taken from the 2008-2009 Progress Report: Public summary of the season progress: The Davis Fabry-Perot Spectrometer, installed in 2003-04, continues to operate successfully and autonomously.