Diurnal and annual variations of meteor rates at the arctic circle

• Main Authors: Singer, W., von Zahn, U., Weiß, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: München : European Geopyhsical Union 2004
• Subjects: 550; Alomar; Arctic; North Pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.34657/891; https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/256

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 these phenomena, it wo...