Mesospheric anomalous diffusion during noctilucent cloud scenarios
The Andenes specular meteor radar shows meteor trail diffusion rates increasing on average by about 10 % at times and locations where a lidar observes noctilucent clouds (NLCs). This high-latitude effect has been attributed to the presence of charged NLC after exploring possible contributions from t...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:cb5ed4b5f6224d7bbfdb103b5c29dae3 2023-05-15T13:25:16+02:00 Mesospheric anomalous diffusion during noctilucent cloud scenarios F. I. Laskar G. Stober J. Fiedler M. M. Oppenheim J. L. Chau D. Pallamraju N. M. Pedatella M. Tsutsumi T. Renkwitz 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5259-2019 https://doaj.org/article/cb5ed4b5f6224d7bbfdb103b5c29dae3 EN eng Copernicus Publications https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/19/5259/2019/acp-19-5259-2019.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1680-7316 https://doaj.org/toc/1680-7324 doi:10.5194/acp-19-5259-2019 1680-7316 1680-7324 https://doaj.org/article/cb5ed4b5f6224d7bbfdb103b5c29dae3 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol 19, Pp 5259-5267 (2019) Physics QC1-999 Chemistry QD1-999 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5259-2019 2022-12-31T02:07:55Z The Andenes specular meteor radar shows meteor trail diffusion rates increasing on average by about 10 % at times and locations where a lidar observes noctilucent clouds (NLCs). This high-latitude effect has been attributed to the presence of charged NLC after exploring possible contributions from thermal tides. To make this claim, the current study evaluates data from three stations at high, middle, and low latitudes for the years 2012 to 2016 to show that NLC influence on the meteor trail diffusion is independent of thermal tides. The observations also show that the meteor trail diffusion enhancement during NLC cover exists only at high latitudes and near the peaks of NLC layers. This paper discusses a number of possible explanations for changes in the regions with NLCs and leans towards the hypothesis that the relative abundance of background electron density plays the leading role. A more accurate model of the meteor trail diffusion around NLC particles would help researchers determine mesospheric temperature and neutral density profiles from meteor radars at high latitudes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Andenes Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 19 7 5259 5267 |
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The Andenes specular meteor radar shows meteor trail diffusion rates increasing on average by about 10 % at times and locations where a lidar observes noctilucent clouds (NLCs). This high-latitude effect has been attributed to the presence of charged NLC after exploring possible contributions from thermal tides. To make this claim, the current study evaluates data from three stations at high, middle, and low latitudes for the years 2012 to 2016 to show that NLC influence on the meteor trail diffusion is independent of thermal tides. The observations also show that the meteor trail diffusion enhancement during NLC cover exists only at high latitudes and near the peaks of NLC layers. This paper discusses a number of possible explanations for changes in the regions with NLCs and leans towards the hypothesis that the relative abundance of background electron density plays the leading role. A more accurate model of the meteor trail diffusion around NLC particles would help researchers determine mesospheric temperature and neutral density profiles from meteor radars at high latitudes. |
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Mesospheric anomalous diffusion during noctilucent cloud scenarios |
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