Articles | Volume 35, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-35-161-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-35-161-2017
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30 Jan 2017
Regular paper |  | 30 Jan 2017

Climatology of thermospheric neutral winds over Oukaïmeden Observatory in Morocco

Mohamed Kaab, Zouhair Benkhaldoun, Daniel J. Fisher, Brian Harding, Aziza Bounhir, Jonathan J. Makela, Amine Laghriyeb, Khalifa Malki, Ahmed Daassou, and Mohamed Lazrek

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we present the first multi-year results of the climatology of horizontal winds obtained during a period of 26 months. We compare the observed climatologies of neutral winds to that provided by the recently updated Horizontal Wind Model (HWM14) in order to validate that model's predictions of the thermospheric wind patterns over the eastern portion of Africa. HWM14 generally compares well with the horizontal winds, but significant magnitude and phase differences remain in certain seasons.