Multi-static spatial and angular studies of polar mesospheric summer echoes combining MAARSY and KAIRA

• Main Authors: Chau, J.L., McKay, D., Vierinen, J.P., La Hoz, C., Ulich, T., Lehtinen, M., Latteck, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Göttingen : Copernicus GmbH 2018
• Subjects: ddc:550; atmospheric wave; ice; imaging method; observational method; particle size; polar mesosphere summer echo; radar; spatial analysis; Kilpisjärvi
• Online Access: https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/6009; https://doi.org/10.34657/4638

Polar mesospheric summer echoes (PMSEs) have been long associated with noctilucent clouds (NLCs). For large ice particles sizes and relatively high ice densities, PMSEs at 3m Bragg wavelengths are known to be good tracers of the atmospheric wind dynamics and to be highly correlated with NLC occurren...