Climatology of semidiurnal lunar and solar tides at middle and high latitudes: Interhemispheric comparison

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In this paper we present a climatological analysis of the semidiurnal lunar and solar tides at middle and high latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere (54°S and 69°S) for a time period of 5 years (2009-2013). The tidal information is inferred from meteor radar wind measurments for an altitude range between 80 and 100 km. The main focus of the analysis is to compare the tidal behavior of the Southern Hemisphere with respect to the Northern Hemisphere. Besides, in the case of the years 2009 and 2013, we have also compared our observations with TIMEGCM/WACCM-X model simulations to look for possible interhemispheric connections during Sudden Stratospheric Warmings.

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