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© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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18 Dec 2014
Research article |
| 18 Dec 2014
Middle-atmospheric zonal and meridional wind profiles from polar, tropical and midlatitudes with the ground-based microwave Doppler wind radiometer WIRA
R. Rüfenacht
Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
A. Murk
Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
N. Kämpfer
Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
P. Eriksson
Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
S. A. Buehler
Division of Space Technology, SRT, Luleå University of Technology, Kiruna, Sweden
now at: Meteorological Institute, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Short summary
Only very few techniques for wind measurements in the upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere exist. Moreover, none of these instruments is running on a continuous basis. This paper describes the development of ground-based microwave Doppler radiometry. Time series of daily wind profile measurements from four different locations at polar, mid- and tropical latitudes are presented. The agreement with ECMWF model data is good in the stratosphere, but discrepancies were found in the mesosphere.
Only very few techniques for wind measurements in the upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere...
