Diurnal and annual variations of meteor rates at the arctic circle

• Main Authors: W. Singer, U. von Zahn, J. Weiß
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2004
• Subjects: Physics; QC1-999; Chemistry; QD1-999; Arctic; North Pole; Alomar
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/11f78d75f4f943b98cb2f0d0ec7be7e3

Meteors are an important source for (a) the metal atoms of the upper atmosphere metal layers and (b) for condensation nuclei, the existence of which are a prerequisite for the formation of noctilucent cloud particles in the polar mesopause region. For a better understanding of these phenomena, it wo...