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

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: Nesse, H., Heinrich, D., Williams, B., Hoppe, U.-P., Stadsnes, J., Rietveld, M., Singer, W., Blum, Ulrich, Sandanger, M.I., Trondsen, E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: atmospheric composition and structure; ion chemistry of the atmosphere; thermosphere-composition and chemistry; ionosphere; ionosphere-atmosphere interactions; ionospheric irregularity; 620; 551; Alomar; Norway; Tromso; EISCAT
• Online Access: https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/215814; https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-26-1071-2008

1071 1081 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,...