Diurnal and annual variations of meteor rates at the arctic circle

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: Singer, W., von Zahn, U., Weiß, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2004
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Alomar; Arctic; North Pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-4-1355-2004; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00049243; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00048863/acp-4-1355-2004.pdf; https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/4/1355/2004/acp-4-1355-2004.pdf

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...