Multi-instrument observations of the Pajala fireball: Origin, characteristics, and atmospheric implications

• Main Authors: Vierinen, Juha, Aslaksen, Torstein, Chau, Jorge Luis, Gritsevich, Maria, Gustavsson, Björn, Kastinen, Daniel, Kero, Johan, Kozlovsky, Alexandre, Kværna, Tormod, Midtskogen, Steinar, Näsholm, Sven Peter, Ulich, Thomas, Vegum, Ketil, Lester, Mark
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Lausanne : Frontiers Media 2022
• Subjects: fireball; infrasound; ionosonde; meteor; meteor radar; multi-instrument observations; video camera; 520; 620; Pajala
• Online Access: https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/11145; https://doi.org/10.34657/10171

Meteor observations provide information about Solar System constituents and their influx onto Earth, their interaction processes in the atmosphere, as well as the neutral dynamics of the upper atmosphere. This study presents optical, radar, and infrasound measurements of a daytime fireball that occu...