Diurnal and annual variations of meteor rates at the Arctic circle

• Main Authors: Singer, W., Weiss, J., von Zahn, U.
• Other Authors: Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics (AIP)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2004
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Arctic; North Pole; Alomar
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00300843; https://hal.science/hal-00300843/document; https://hal.science/hal-00300843/file/acpd-4-1-2004.pdf

International audience Meteors are an important source for (a) the metal atoms of the upper atmosphere metal layers and (b) for condensation nuclei, the existence of which are a prerequisite for the formation of noctilucent cloud particles in the polar mesopause region. For a better understanding of...