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

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: T. Dunker, U.-P. Hoppe, G. Stober, M. Rapp
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2013
• Subjects: Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Alomar; Andøya; Norway; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-61-2013; https://doaj.org/article/04c2d75f5d694513a724d030edd41460

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...