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variability.Figure 4 shows the averaged height variations of the mean periods and amplitudes of the2-day wave observed during the summer and the winter. The averaged meridional amplitudein summer is quit larger than that in winter below 95 km. The averaged period in summer issmaller than 48 hours but larger than 48 hours in winter, just as shown in the formerexamples.Figure 4 The averaged amplitudes and periods of quasi-2-day waves from Feb 2002 toOct 2003. Open circles indicate the averaged values in winter and filled circlesindicate the averaged values in summer.4. ConclusionThe present study showed that the quasi 2-day wave is strong in summer and winter 2002,but not strong in summer 2003. The averaged periods in summer is smaller than 48 hours butlarger than 48 hours in winter.ReferencesHocking, W.K., B. Fuller, and B. Vandepeer, Real-time determination of meteor-relatedparameters utilizing modern digital technology. J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 63, 155-169,2001.Meek, C.E., et al., Global study of northern hemisphere quasi-2-day wave events in recentsummers near 90 km altitude, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 58, 1401-1411, 1996.Namboothiri, S.P., P. Kishore, and K. Igarashi., Observations of the quasi-2-day in themesosphere and lower thermosphere over Yamagawa and Wakkanai, J. Geophys. Res.,107, 10.1029/2001JD00539, 2002.Plumb, R.A., Baroclinic instability of the summer mesospheric: A mechanism for thequasi-two-day waves?, J. Atmos., Sci., 40, 262-270, 1983.Sably, M.L., The 2-day wave in the middle atmosphere: Observations and theory, J. Geophys.Res., 86, 9654-9660, 1981.Thayaparan, T., W. K. Hocking, and J. MacDougall, Amplitude, phase, and period variationsof quasi 2-day wave in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere over London,Canada(43 o N, 81 o W), during 1993 and 1994, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 9461-9478, 1997.Wu, D.L., P.B. Hays, W.R. Skinner, A.R. Marshall, M.D. Burrage, R.S. Lieberman, and D.A.Ortland, Observations of the quasi-2-day wave from the high resolution Doppler imageron UARS, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 2853-2856, 1993.163

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