Development of the mesospheric Na layer at 69 degrees N during the Geminids meteor shower 2010

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: Dunker, Tim, Hoppe, Ulf-Peter, Stober, Gunter, Rapp, Markus
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus 2013
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Physics: 430::Space and plasma physics: 437; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Fysikk: 430::Rom- og plasmafysikk: 437; Alomar; Andøya; Norway; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/5999; https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-61-2013

The ECOMA sounding rocket campaign in 2010 was performed to investigate the charge state and number density of meteoric smoke particles during the Geminids meteor shower in December 2010. The ALOMAR Na lidar contributed to the campaign with measurements of sodium number density, temperature and line...