Neutral winds and temperature data from the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere region at 70-110 km altitude. Measurements were collected via meteor observations at King Sejong Station, Antarctica, for long-term monitoring of atmospheric thermal structure and dynamics. The dataset was published by the AMD_KOPRI organization with a last update recorded in December 2014.
Use Cases
- Analyze seasonal trends in neutral wind speed and direction over the southern high-latitude region.
- Model correlations between temperature measurements and altitude profiles from 70 to 110 km.
- Study long-term changes in upper atmospheric thermal structure using time-series data from 2014.
- Validate atmospheric circulation models with in-situ wind data from Antarctica's MLT region.
Strengths
- Data covers the specific altitude range of 70-110 km in the MLT region.
- Provides long-term monitoring for a critical, data-sparse polar atmospheric region.
Limitations
- Dataset size, row count, and specific column details are unknown.
- Data is from a single geographic location (King Sejong Station), limiting spatial generalizability.
- The last update was in 2014, making the data potentially stale for current atmospheric analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- nasa_earthdata, contributed by AMD_KOPRI.
- Collection Method
- Measurements obtained from meteor observations.
- Time Range
- Data from 2014.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- King Sejong Station, Antarctica.