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Research article
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16 Oct 2018
Research article |
| 16 Oct 2018
| 16 Oct 2018
A new model of meteoric calcium in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere
School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Wuhu Feng
School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Juan Carlos Gómez Martín
School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), 18008 Granada, Spain
Michael Gerding
Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Rostock University, Schlossstraße 6, 18225 Kühlungsborn, Germany
Shikha Raizada
Space and Atmospheric Science Department, Arecibo Observatory/SRI International, Arecibo 00612, Puerto Rico
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Short summary
Meteoric ablation creates layers of metal atoms in the atmosphere around 90 km. Although Ca and Na have similar elemental abundances in most minerals found in the solar system, surprisingly the Ca abundance in the atmosphere is less than 1 % that of Na. This study uses a detailed chemistry model of Ca, largely based on laboratory kinetics measurements, in a whole-atmosphere model to show that the depletion is caused by inefficient ablation of Ca and the formation of stable molecular reservoirs.
Meteoric ablation creates layers of metal atoms in the atmosphere around 90 km. Although Ca and...
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