Lower and Upper thermosphere wind variations during magnetically quiet days

W. T. Sivla; H. McCreadie

Lower and Upper thermosphere wind variations during magnetically quiet days

W. T. Sivla^*, H. McCreadie

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Department of Physics

University of KwaZulu-Natal

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Wind variations in the lower and upper thermosphere have been compared during a magnetic quiet period. The mesosphere/lower thermosphere and thermospheric F-regions are dynamically coupled through thermospheric winds, tides and waves. The regular fluctuations in the earth's magnetic field on quiet days are caused by dynamo-induced currents which flow in the ionosphere/thermosphere system. This paper presents simultaneous mesosphere/lower thermosphere and upper thermospheric region wind observations during a quiet magnetic period using data from TIMED and CHAMP satellites. The upper thermospheric winds from two time local sectors are observed to be faster than the lower thermospheric winds

Original language	English
Title of host publication	PROCEEDINGS OF SAIP2012: THE 57TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS
Editors	J. J. VanRensburg
Publisher	South African Institute of Physics
Pages	392-398
Number of pages	7
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	57th Annual Conference of the South-African-Institute-of-Physics (SAIP) - Pretoria, South Africa Duration: 09 Jul 2012 → 13 Jul 2012

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Conference	57th Annual Conference of the South-African-Institute-of-Physics (SAIP)
Country/Territory	South Africa
City	Pretoria
Period	09 Jul 2012 → 13 Jul 2012

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TIME F2-LAYER DISTURBANCES
DYNAMICS

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Sivla, WT & McCreadie, H 2012, Lower and Upper thermosphere wind variations during magnetically quiet days. in JJ VanRensburg (ed.), PROCEEDINGS OF SAIP2012: THE 57TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS. South African Institute of Physics, pp. 392-398, 57th Annual Conference of the South-African-Institute-of-Physics (SAIP), Pretoria, South Africa, 09 Jul 2012.

Lower and Upper thermosphere wind variations during magnetically quiet days. / Sivla, W. T.; McCreadie, H.
PROCEEDINGS OF SAIP2012: THE 57TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS. ed. / J. J. VanRensburg. South African Institute of Physics, 2012. p. 392-398.

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Lower and Upper thermosphere wind variations during magnetically quiet days

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