A case study of a sporadic sodium layer observed by the ALOMAR Weber Na lidar

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: H. Nesse, D. Heinrich, B. Williams, U.-P. Hoppe, J. Stadsnes, M. Rietveld, W. Singer, U. Blum, M. I. Sandanger, E. Trondsen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2008
• Subjects: Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Norway; Tromsø; Andøya; Alomar; EISCAT
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-26-1071-2008; https://doaj.org/article/86cf5f2f753945309d474de4562bc849

Several possible mechanisms for the production of sporadic sodium layers have been discussed in the literature, but none of them seem to explain all the accumulated observations. The hypotheses range from direct meteoric input, to energetic electron bombardment on meteoric smoke particles, to ion ne...