Objective Within this project, a climatology of winds in the middle atmosphere (height range 0-120 km) will be constructed. The datasets used will be stratospheric/tropospheric analysis on standard pressure heights, and mesosphere/lower thermosphere radar winds in the 70-100 km altitude range, completed by UARS HRDI measurements near 95 km. From these data, empirical models of mean winds and stationary planetary waves in the stratosphere will be constructed, as well as empirical models of mean winds, semidiurnal and diurnal tides in the mesosphere/lower thermosphere. For the mesosphere and thermosphere regions that are not covered by measurements (50-70 and 100-120 km) an assimilative approach will be used. To this aim, a global mechanistic circulation model will be used, in that the zonal mean wind data will be assimilated. From the datasets, also information on stationary planetary waves, interannual variability and long-period variations in the time scale 2-30 days will be extracted, while monthly mean values of these parameters will be constructed also. The result of this project will be monthly tables of wind parameters in the height range 0-120 km from the semiempirical (assimilated) model, and monthly tables of pure empirical winds on the height range 0-50 and 70-100 km. The results may be used as reference or background model in the frame of the new CIRA reference atmosphere construction. Programme(s) IC-INTAS - International Association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the independent states of the former Soviet Union (INTAS), 1993- Topic(s) OPEN - OPEN Call Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator University of Leipzig EU contribution No data Address Stephanstr. 3 04103 Leipzig Germany See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Hovemere Ltd United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Hayes Str. 3 BR2 7LD Hayes See on map Total cost No data Institute for Experimental Meteorology Russia EU contribution No data Address Lenin Str. 82 249038 Obninsk See on map Total cost No data Kazan State University Russia EU contribution No data Address Kremlevskya Str. 18 420008 Kazan See on map Total cost No data
