Rocket measurements of positive ions during polar mesosphere winter echo conditions
On 18 January 2005, two small, instrumented rockets were launched from Andøya Rocket Range (69.3° N, 16° E) during conditions with Polar Mesosphere Winter Echoes (PMWE). Each of the rockets was equipped with a Positive Ion Probe (PIP) and a Faraday rotation/differential absorption experiment, and wa...
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ftcopernicus:oai:publications.copernicus.org:acp4336 2023-05-15T13:25:41+02:00 Rocket measurements of positive ions during polar mesosphere winter echo conditions Brattli, A. Blix, T. A. Lie-Svendsen, Ø. Hoppe, U.-P. Lübken, F.-J. Rapp, M. Singer, W. Latteck, R. Friedrich, M. 2018-06-28 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-6-5515-2006 https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/6/5515/2006/ eng eng doi:10.5194/acp-6-5515-2006 https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/6/5515/2006/ eISSN: 1680-7324 Text 2018 ftcopernicus https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-6-5515-2006 2019-12-24T09:58:43Z On 18 January 2005, two small, instrumented rockets were launched from Andøya Rocket Range (69.3° N, 16° E) during conditions with Polar Mesosphere Winter Echoes (PMWE). Each of the rockets was equipped with a Positive Ion Probe (PIP) and a Faraday rotation/differential absorption experiment, and was launched as part of a salvo of meteorological rockets measuring temperature and wind using falling spheres and chaff. Layers of PMWE were detected between 55 and 77 km by the 53.5 MHz ALWIN radar. The rockets were launched during a solar proton event, and measured extremely high ion densities, of order 10 10 m −3 , in the region where PMWE were observed. The density measurements were analyzed with the wavelet transform technique. At large length scales, ~10 3 m, the power spectral density can be fitted with a k −3 wave number dependence, consistent with saturated gravity waves. Outside the PMWE layers the k −3 spectrum extends down to approximately 10 2 m where the fluctuations are quickly damped and disappear into the instrumental noise. Inside the PMWE layers the spectrum at smaller length scales is well fitted with a k −5/3 dependence over two decades of scales. The PMWE are therefore clearly indicative of turbulence, and the data are consistent with the turbulent dissipation of breaking gravity waves. We estimate a lower limit for the turbulent energy dissipation rate of about 10 −2 W/kg in the upper (72 km) layer. Text Andøya Copernicus Publications: E-Journals Andøya ENVELOPE(13.982,13.982,68.185,68.185) Faraday ENVELOPE(-64.256,-64.256,-65.246,-65.246) Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 6 12 5515 5524 |
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On 18 January 2005, two small, instrumented rockets were launched from Andøya Rocket Range (69.3° N, 16° E) during conditions with Polar Mesosphere Winter Echoes (PMWE). Each of the rockets was equipped with a Positive Ion Probe (PIP) and a Faraday rotation/differential absorption experiment, and was launched as part of a salvo of meteorological rockets measuring temperature and wind using falling spheres and chaff. Layers of PMWE were detected between 55 and 77 km by the 53.5 MHz ALWIN radar. The rockets were launched during a solar proton event, and measured extremely high ion densities, of order 10 10 m −3 , in the region where PMWE were observed. The density measurements were analyzed with the wavelet transform technique. At large length scales, ~10 3 m, the power spectral density can be fitted with a k −3 wave number dependence, consistent with saturated gravity waves. Outside the PMWE layers the k −3 spectrum extends down to approximately 10 2 m where the fluctuations are quickly damped and disappear into the instrumental noise. Inside the PMWE layers the spectrum at smaller length scales is well fitted with a k −5/3 dependence over two decades of scales. The PMWE are therefore clearly indicative of turbulence, and the data are consistent with the turbulent dissipation of breaking gravity waves. We estimate a lower limit for the turbulent energy dissipation rate of about 10 −2 W/kg in the upper (72 km) layer. |
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Rocket measurements of positive ions during polar mesosphere winter echo conditions |
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