Multi-static spatial and angular studies of polar mesospheric summer echoes combining MAARSY and KAIRA

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: J. L. Chau, D. McKay, J. P. Vierinen, C. La Hoz, T. Ulich, M. Lehtinen, R. Latteck
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: Physics; QC1-999; Chemistry; QD1-999; Alomar; Kilpisjärvi
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-9547-2018; https://doaj.org/article/3e54eb71cd1b4e63834818618f829226

Polar mesospheric summer echoes (PMSEs) have been long associated with noctilucent clouds (NLCs). For large ice particles sizes and relatively high ice densities, PMSEs at 3 m Bragg wavelengths are known to be good tracers of the atmospheric wind dynamics and to be highly correlated with NLC occurre...