Summer time Fe depletion in the Antarctic mesopause region

• Published in: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
• Main Authors: Viehl, T.P., Höffner, J., Lübken, F.-J., Plane, J.M.C., Kaifler, Bernd, Morris, R.J.
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: German
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: Lidar; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Davis Station; Davis-Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://elib.dlr.de/96530/; https://elib.dlr.de/96530/1/Viehl-KaiflerB-1-s2.0-S1364682615000875-main.pdf; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364682615000875

We report common volume measurements of Fe densities, temperatures and ice particle occurrence in the mesopause region at Davis Station, Antarctica (69°S) in the years 2011–2012. Our observations show a strong correlation of the Fe-layer summer time depletion with temperature, but no clear causal re...