Na lidar measurements during the ECOMA/Geminids campaign with focus on Na peak density and temperature

• Main Author: Østerpart, Jørgen Olai Kristensen
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universitetet i Tromsø 2011
• 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; Alomar; Andøya; Arctic; Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/3363

Using a resonance lidar, atomic Na (sodium) can be observed in the 80-110 km altitude range of the atmosphere. Na belongs to the alkali metal group and is highly reactive, so one could expect that it would quickly react with other particles and leave its atomic state. Its actual behaviour however in...