A TIDAL EXPERIMENT IN THE EQUATORIAL STRATOSPHERE OVER ASCENSION ISLAND (8S)

A TIDAL EXPERIMENT IN THE EQUATORIAL STRATOSPHERE OVER ASCENSION ISLAND (8S)

Twenty-four meteorological rocket soundings were made from Ascension Island (7 deg 59 min S, 14 deg 28 min W) on 11-13 April 1966. In contrast to results obtained at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, the smoothed wind data did not display a consistent well-defined diurnal oscillation. However,...

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Hauptverfasser: Beyers,Norman J, Miers,Bruce T
Format: Report
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
ASCENSION ISLAND
Atmospheric Physics
ATMOSPHERIC TIDES
DIURNAL VARIATIONS
METEOROLOGY
NETWORKS
SOUNDING ROCKETS
STRATOSPHERE
TEMPERATURE
WIND
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Zusammenfassung:Twenty-four meteorological rocket soundings were made from Ascension Island (7 deg 59 min S, 14 deg 28 min W) on 11-13 April 1966. In contrast to results obtained at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, the smoothed wind data did not display a consistent well-defined diurnal oscillation. However, results from the temperature data showed a significant diurnal variation. The time of maximum temperature ranged from 1400 LST at 36 km, to 1000 LST at 48 km, to near 1200 LST at 60 km. The maximum diurnal range was 12C at 44 and 60 km. Temperature results were in general agreement with the White Sands Missile Range data. (Author)