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winds and variances at altitudes 70 - 90 km. To increase statistical reliability, we use onlyhours <strong>with</strong> n i >N, where N may vary in different kinds of analysis.This method is applied for the analysis of measurements <strong>with</strong> MF radar at Hawaii (22°N, 159° W) during years 1990 - 2000. Figure 1 represents interannual variations of themean wind components. Below altitudes 82 - 85 km, zonal wind has mainly annualvariation <strong>with</strong> the maxima of eastward wind in winter and of westward wind in summer.Above 82 - 85 km, there is a semiannual variation of the mean zonal wind <strong>with</strong> additionalmaximum of eastward wind in summer. Seasonal variations of the mean meridional windin Figure 1 are more complicated and seem to be a superposition of annual andsemiannual harmonics <strong>with</strong> their phases variable in height.Figures 2 and 3 show interannual variations of WH and HD wind variancesrepresenting, probably, the intensity of IGWs <strong>with</strong> periods 0.1 - 1 hr and 1 - 5 hr,respectively. One can see clear seasonal variations of the variances <strong>with</strong> the mainmaximum in winter and a secondary maximum in summer below altitudes 82 - 85 km,which are more noticeable in Figure 2 for WH component. Above these altitudes, there isa tendency to equinox's maxima of IGW activity in Figures 2 and 3. [see Gavrilov et al.,2003a]. Considering absolute values of WH and HD variances in Figures 2 and 3, oneshould keep in mind that these values could be overestimated at lower heights, where wehave larger numbers of data gaps.One of possible reasons of wind variations at MLT could be heating and cooling ofPacific surface water known as the El Nino and La Nina events, respectively. Anindicator of El Nino effects in the atmosphere is the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI)reflecting the surface pressure difference between tropical observation points Tahiti andDarwin. Positive SOI values correspond to La Nina and negative SOI – to El Nino events.Mean Winds over HawaiiHourly N > 8Z,km9070Zonal Wind, m/s25155-5-15-25-35-45Z,km9070Meridional Wind, m/s1990 1995 2000Years840-4-8-12-16-20Fig. 1. Height-Interannual variations of the mean wind components over Hawaii.169

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