Rocket-borne mesospheric measurement of heavy (m>>10amu) charge carriers

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Dec 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000georl..27.3825h&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 27, Issue 23, p. 3825-3828

Physics

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Atmospheric Composition And Structure, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Instruments And Techniques

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A rocket-borne probe has been developed to detect charged atmospheric aerosols. The probe is a current collecting surface, shielded by a magnetic field to prevent the detection of electrons and ions below a threshold in mass. During the first test flight above White Sands, New Mexico, a narrow layer of positive charge carriers was detected at an altitude of 86.5 km with vertical extent of ~500 m, most likely a sudden E-layer related to the deposition of meteoric metal ions. A wide layer of negative charge carriers was observed in the altitude range of 75-86 km, consistent with the density of negative ions in this altitude range.

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