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Scientific paper
Dec 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011agufmsa21a1860h&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2011, abstract #SA21A-1860
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[2461] Ionosphere / Plasma Interactions With Dust And Aerosols
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In this work we present the first results of meteor smoke particles (MSPs) detected in the D-region plasma above the 449 MHz Poker Flat Incoherent Scatter Radar (PFISR) in Alaska (67°N, 149°W). MSPs are believed to be the major source of condensation nuclei for the formation of ice particles, the precursor for Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMCs) and Polar Mesospheric Summer Echoes (PMSE). In addition, they are thought to contribute to D-region chemistry by providing a surface on which heterogeneous chemistry occurs (Summers and Siskand, 1999). Our results are obtained by utilizing a similar fitting method derived for use at other High Power Large Aperture Radar (HPLA) sites that treats the measured radar signal as the sum of two Lorentzian functions [Strelnikova et al., 2007]. This method allows us to determine particle size distributions and smoke densities (when calibrated electron density data is available) in the range of approximately 70 to 90 km altitude depending on background atmospheric composition. We present results from a period of strong D-Region ionization when the detected signal-to-noise (SNR) from the D-region is strongest (12 - 19 UT). Our results provide insight into the presence and distribution of charged meteoric dust in the polar mesopause region resulting from the condensation of ablated material of meteoric origin. Furthermore, we compare our results to other HPLA radar sites at high latitude (EISCAT) as well as low latitude (Arecibo) to verify our results and investigate any latitudinal variation that may exist.
Brum C. G.
Fentzke Jonathan T.
Hsu V. W.
Nicolls Michael J.
Strelnikova Irina
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