Development of the mesospheric Na layer at 69° N during the Geminids meteor shower 2010

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: Dunker, T., Hoppe, U.-P., Stober, G., Rapp, M.
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2013
• Subjects: Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre; Norway; Andøya; Alomar; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://elib.dlr.de/81625/; http://elib.dlr.de/81625/1/angeo-31-61-2013.pdf; http://www.ann-geophys.net/31/61/2013/angeo-31-61-2013.html

The ECOMA sounding rocket campaign in 2010 was performed to investigate the charge state and number density of meteoric smoke particles during the Geminids meteor shower in December 2010. The ALOMAR Na lidar contributed to the campaign with measurements of sodium number density, temperature and line...