On the Meteoric Smoke Particle Detector SPID: Measurements and analysis from the G-chaser rocket campaign

• Main Author: Trollvik, Henriette Marie Tveitnes
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Fysikk: 430::Rom- og plasmafysikk: 437; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Physics: 430::Space and plasma physics: 437; FYS-3931; Andøya; Tromsø; EISCAT; University of Tromsø
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/15664

The Smoke Particle Impact Detector (SPID), newly designed at the University of Tromsø, was launched from Andøya 09:13 UTC the 13. January 2019. SPID is designed to detect meteoric smoke particles (MSPs) in winter mesospheric conditions. The rocket had a velocity of 1600 ms-1 at ~55 km where the nose...