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Table 1 Correlations and amplitude ratios of the climatology of mean winds and tides obtained from SIMONe observations and the WACCM-X model

From: Climatology of mesosphere and lower thermosphere diurnal tides over Jicamarca (12\(^\circ\)S, 77\(^\circ\)W): observations and simulations

	Zonal		Meridional
	Correlation	Ratio	Correlation	Ratio
Mean wind	0.4	1.3	0.1	2.9
Q2DW	0.1	1.3	0.3	1.7
24-h tide	0.4	2.1	0.4	1.9
12-h tide	0.0	2.1	0.2	1.6
8-h tide	0.5	1.9	0.4	1.7
Average	0.3	1.7	0.3	2.0

The highest correlations are shown in bold

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