Christmas Island field site

The Christmas Island field site offers unique opportunities to study the complicated dynamics of the equatorial mesosphere. A Spaced Antenna MF radar operating at a frequency of 1.98 MHZ is located here.

For an image of mean zonal winds recorded at Christmas Island from 1990 to 1994 from 70 to 95 km in altitude, click here.

Coordinates: 2N, 157W