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The mesospheric metal layer topside: a possible connection to meteoroids
J. Höffner
Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn, Germany
J. S. Friedman
National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico
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- Heavy Molecular and Metallic Ions in the Magnetosphere M. Yamauchi et al.
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- A Numerical Investigation on Tidal and Gravity Wave Contributions to the Summer Time Na Variations in the Midlatitude E Region X. Cai et al.
- Observation of a thermospheric descending layer of neutral K over Arecibo J. Friedman et al.
- First global observations of the mesospheric potassium layer E. Dawkins et al.
- First measurement of horizontal wind and temperature in the lower thermosphere (105–140 km) with a Na Lidar at Andes Lidar Observatory A. Liu et al.
- Development of the mesospheric Na layer at 69° N during the Geminids meteor shower 2010 T. Dunker et al.
- Some ubiquitous features of the mesospheric Fe and Na layer borders from simultaneous and common‐volume Fe and Na lidar observations F. Yi et al.
- Preliminary lidar observations of Na meteor trails at Wuhan (30.5°N, 114.4°E), China Q. Xie & F. Yi
- Potassium lidar temperatures and densities in the mesopause region at Spitsbergen (78°N) J. Höffner & F. Lübken
- The Mesosphere and Metals: Chemistry and Changes J. Plane et al.
- Measuring FeO variation using astronomical spectroscopic observations S. Unterguggenberger et al.
- Dynamics, chemistry, and modeling studies in the aviation and aerospace transition zone Z. Sheng et al.
- A thermospheric Na layer event observed up to 140 km over Syowa Station (69.0°S, 39.6°E) in Antarctica T. Tsuda et al.
- Ice iron/sodium film as cause for high noctilucent cloud radar reflectivity P. Bellan
- Diurnal variation of atmospheric metal Na layer and nighttime top extension detected by a Na lidar with narrowband spectral filters at Beijing, China Y. Xia et al.
- High-altitude sporadic metal atom layers observed with Na and Fe lidars at 30°N Z. Ma & F. Yi
- Observations of Metallic Layers in the Earth’s Upper Atmosphere Based on Resonance-Scattering Lidars T. TSUDA et al.
- Heavy Molecular and Metallic Ions in the Magnetosphere M. Yamauchi et al.
- The near‐global mesospheric potassium layer: Observations and modeling E. Dawkins et al.
- Characteristics of convective structures of sodium layer in lower thermosphere (105–120 km) at Haikou (19.99°N, 110.34°E), China J. Jiao et al.
- Double sodium layers observation over Beijing, China J. Wang et al.
- First simultaneous measurements of Na and K thermospheric layers along with TILs from Arecibo S. Raizada et al.
- Dynamic Drivers of TIFe Diurnal Cycle in Antarctica Z. Yu et al.
- First report of sporadic Na layers at Qingdao (36° N, 120° E), China Z. Ma et al.
- Updated Climatology of Mesospheric Temperature Inversions Detected by Rayleigh Lidar above Observatoire de Haute Provence, France, Using a K-Mean Clustering Technique M. Ardalan et al.
- Comparison of sporadic sodium layer characteristics observed at different time resolutions Y. Liu et al.
- Observed diurnal and seasonal behavior of the micrometeor flux using the Arecibo and Jicamarca radars D. Janches & J. Chau
- A review of latitudinal characteristics of sporadic sodium layers, including new results from the Chinese Meridian Project S. Qiu et al.
- Determination of meteor-head echo trajectories using the interferometric capabilities of MAARSY C. Schult et al.
- On the detection of mesospheric meteoric smoke particles embedded in noctilucent cloud particles with rocket-borne dust probes T. Antonsen & O. Havnes
- The mesospheric metal layer topside: Examples of simultaneous metal observations J. Höffner & J. Friedman
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