Rocket measurements of positive ions during polar mesosphere winter echo conditions

• Main Authors: A. Brattli, T. A. Blix, Ø. Lie-Svendsen, U.-P. Hoppe, F.-J. Lübken, M. Rapp, W. Singer, R. Latteck, M. Friedrich
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2006
• Subjects: Physics; QC1-999; Chemistry; QD1-999; Andøya; Faraday
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/b1c9d7a8d28f4c6f84947059401c609f

On 18 January 2005, two small, instrumented rockets were launched from Andøya Rocket Range (69.3° N, 16° E) during conditions with Polar Mesosphere Winter Echoes (PMWE). Each of the rockets was equipped with a Positive Ion Probe (PIP) and a Faraday rotation/differential absorption experiment, and wa...