Joule Heating
Society is highly dependent on the fleet of satellites that surround our planet. We rely on them for entertainment, communication, navigation, weather forecasting, and more. Many day-to-day activities, such as …
The MF radar measures an altitude profile of the horizontal wind in the mesosphere, between 55 and 95 km. This is the region where breaking gravity waves drive a pole-to-pole circulation and where dynamics plays and important role in the coupling of the lower and upper atmosphere. The radar provides a measurement of gravity wave activity and detects atmospheric tides and planetary waves. The radar can also be used to provide an indication of the height of energetic charged particle precipitation.
Middle Atmosphere Vertical Coupling Analyst
BAS Science Management Team, BAS-Arctic Working Group, Space Weather and Atmosphere team
Society is highly dependent on the fleet of satellites that surround our planet. We rely on them for entertainment, communication, navigation, weather forecasting, and more. Many day-to-day activities, such as …