Abstract
Observations of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere winds obtained by the High Resolution Doppler Imager (HRDI) on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) during 1991 to 1995 reveal a semiannual variation in the amplitude of the (1, 1) diurnal tide. The global‐scale wave model (GSWM) represents the first numerical modeling attempt at simulating this seasonal variability, and a preliminary comparison of the GSWM tidal results with HRDI measurements is presented. The results of the comparison and of numerical tests point to some vital and unresolved questions regarding tidal dissipation and tropospheric forcing. In addition to the seasonal variability, HRDI has revealed a strong interannual modulation of the diurnal tide with amplitudes observed to change by nearly a factor of 2 from 1992 to 1994.
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