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The horizontal wind data in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (70-110 km) estimated from the meteor wind observation of the MU radar at Shigaraki MU Observatory in Shiga Prefecture, Japan (34.86N, 136.11E, 385m MSL). The wind data are calculated from the original observation data with a weighting function. They are stored in the netCDF (network Common Data Form) file named W(year)(month)(day).(resolution).nc or W(year)(month).(resolution).nc. The resolution abbreviations are h1t60min00, h1t60min30, h2t60min00 and h2t60min30. For example, the h1t60 means weighted average with Gaussian factors over +/-1 km in height and +/-60 minutes in time. The min00 shows that the center of the Gaussian window corresponds to 00 minute of every hour. The intervals of the wind data are every 1 km and 60 minutes. The netCDF file includes time, height, zonal and meridional winds, standard deviations of zonal and meridional winds, and number of meteors used for the weighted average of the horizontal wind. The sensitivity of the MU radar was significantly enhanced because of the change of the meteor observation mode from 4 to 25 channels after April 2006, and the number of observed meteor trails increased.
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The horizontal wind data in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (70-110 km) estimated from the meteor wind observation of the MU radar at Shigaraki MU Observatory in Shiga Prefecture, Japan (34.86N, 136.11E, 385m MSL). The wind data are calculated from the original observation data with a weighting function. They are stored in the netCDF (network Common Data Form) file named W(year)(month)(day).(resolution).nc or W(year)(month).(resolution).nc. The resolution abbreviations are h1t60min00, h1t60min30, h2t60min00 and h2t60min30. For example, the h1t60 means weighted average with Gaussian factors over +/-1 km in height and +/-60 minutes in time. The min00 shows that the center of the Gaussian window corresponds to 00 minute of every hour. The intervals of the wind data are every 1 km and 60 minutes. The netCDF file includes time, height, zonal and meridional winds, standard deviations of zonal and meridional winds, and number of meteors used for the weighted average of the horizontal wind. The sensitivity of the MU radar was significantly enhanced because of the change of the meteor observation mode from 4 to 25 channels after April 2006, and the number of observed meteor trails increased.
| Role | Person | StartDate | StopDate | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | PrincipalInvestigator | spase://IUGONET/Person/Takuji.Nakamura | |||
| 2. | TechnicalContact | spase://IUGONET/Person/Noriko.Hashiguchi | |||
| 3. | GeneralContact | spase://IUGONET/Person/MU.Radar.Management.Group | |||
| 4. | MetadataContact | spase://IUGONET/Person/RISH.Metadata.Management.Group |
Latitude of radar location
Longitude of radar location
Height (above the sea level)
Hours since midnight of every day. Local time (UT + 09:00:00) is used for time data.
Zonal wind (eastward wind is positive.)
Meridional wind (northward wind is positive.)
Standard deviation of the zonal wind
Standard deviation of the meridional wind
Number of meteors used for the weighted average of the horizontal wind