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http://dx.doi.org/10.5140/JASS.2008.25.4.415

Analysis of Forcing Terms Determining the Thermospheric Wind Vortices at High Latitudes  

Kwak, Young-Sil (Solar and Space Weather Research Group, KASI)
Ahn, Byung-Ho (Department of Earth Science, Kyungpook National University)
Kim, Khan-Hyuk (Solar and Space Weather Research Group, KASI)
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Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences / v.25, no.4, 2008 , pp. 415-424 More about this Journal
Abstract
Kwak et al. (2008) found that the mean neutral wind pattern in the high-latitude lower thermosphere is dominated by rotational flow than by divergent flow. As an extension of the our previous work (Kwak et al. 2008), we performed a term analysis of vorticity equation that describes the driving forces for the rotational component of the horizontal wind in order to determine key processes that causes strong rotational flow in the high-latitude lower thermospheric winds. For this study the National Center for Atmospheric Research Thermosphere-Ionosphere Electrodynamics General Circulation Model (NCAR-TIEGCM) is used. The primary forces that determine variations of the vorticity are the ion drag term and the horizontal advection term. Significant contributions, however, can be made by the stretching term. The effects of IMF on the vorticity forces are seen down to around 105-110km.
Keywords
high-latitude lower thermosphere; vorticity forcing; ion-drag force;
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