An Investigation of Thermospheric Tides with the NCAR TGCM

大气中的潮汐运动起源于平流层，由水蒸气和臭氧吸收太阳辐射，通过中间层向上传播，并在热层消散。它们将热量和动量（平均流的加速度）传递到该区域。在中间层和热层（50至120公里高度），潮汐运动是通过气辉发射线的多普勒频移、流星散射雷达和非相干散射雷达来探测的。该奖项是为了表彰一项理论建模工作，该模型在科罗拉多州博尔德市国家大气研究中心的克雷计算机上运行，将潮汐纳入大气的数值环流模型。和大气区域动力学（CEDAR）将与模式进行比较解释。

The tidal motions in the atmosphere, which originate at stratospheric levels with the absorption of solar radiation by water vapor and by ozone, propagate upward through the mesosphere and dissipate in the thermosphere. They transfer heat and momentum (acceleration of the mean flow) into the region. the tidal motions are detected at mesospheric and thermospheric levels (50 to 120km in altitude) by the doppler shift of the airglow emission lines, by meteor scatter radars, and by incoherent scatter radars. This award is for a theoretical modelling effort to include the tides in a numerical general circulation model of the atmosphere running on the Cray computer at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO. The results of several coordinated observational campaigns on the Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) will be interpreted in comparison with the model.