Rocket measurements of positive ions during polar mesosphere winter echo conditions

• Main Authors: Brattli, A., Blix, T.A., Lie-Svendsen, Ø., Hoppe, U.-P., Lübken, F.-J., Rapp, M., Singer, W., Latteck, R., Friedrich, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: München : European Geopyhsical Union 2006
• Subjects: absorption; echo sounding; experimental study; gravity wave; instrumentation; ion; ion exchange; measurement method; polar meteorology; winter; 550; Andøya; Faraday
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.34657/1245; https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/778

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...