The mesosphere and metals: Chemistry and changes

JMC Plane, W Feng, ECM Dawkins - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
The subject of this review is the atmospheric chemistry of the metals which ablate from
meteoroids in the Earth, s upper atmosphere. The major meteoric species are Fe, Mg, Si …

Gas‐phase catalysis by atomic and cluster metal ions: the ultimate single‐site catalysts

DK Böhme, H Schwarz - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Gas‐phase experiments with state‐of‐the‐art techniques of mass spectrometry provide
detailed insights into numerous elementary processes. The focus of this Review is on …

Chemical kinetics and photochemical data for use in atmospheric studies evaluation number 15

SP Sander, RR Friedl, DM Golden, MJ Kurylo… - 2006 - ntrs.nasa.gov
This is the fifteenth in a series of evaluated sets of rate constants and photochemical cross
sections compiled by the NASA Panel for Data Evaluation. The data are used primarily to …

Cosmic dust in the earth's atmosphere

JMC Plane - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
This review discusses the magnitude of the cosmic dust input into the earth's atmosphere,
and the resulting impacts from around 100 km to the earth's surface. Zodiacal cloud …

Physics of meteor generated shock waves in the Earth's atmosphere–A review

EA Silber, M Boslough, WK Hocking… - Advances in Space …, 2018 - Elsevier
Shock waves and the associated phenomena generated by strongly ablating meteoroids
with sizes greater than a few millimeters in the lower transitional flow regime of the Earth's …

A chemical model of meteoric ablation

T Vondrak, JMC Plane, S Broadley… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2008 - acp.copernicus.org
Most of the extraterrestrial dust entering the Earth's atmosphere ablates to produce metal
vapours, which have significant effects on the aeronomy of the upper mesosphere and lower …

Modeling the microphysics of mesospheric ice particles: Assessment of current capabilities and basic sensitivities

M Rapp, GE Thomas - Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 2006 - Elsevier
Considerable progress has been made over the past years concerning the experimental
capabilities to observe mesospheric ice particles from space, from the ground, and in situ …

Numerical simulations of the three‐dimensional distribution of meteoric dust in the mesosphere and upper stratosphere

CG Bardeen, OB Toon, EJ Jensen… - Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Micrometeorites that ablate in the lower thermosphere and upper mesosphere are thought to
recondense into nanometer‐sized smoke particles and then coagulate into larger dust …

Morphology of sporadic E layer retrieved from COSMIC GPS radio occultation measurements: Wind shear theory examination

YH Chu, CY Wang, KH Wu, KT Chen… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
On the basis of the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and
Climate (COSMIC)‐measured fluctuations in the signal‐to‐noise ratio and excess phase of …

Dissecting the Photochemical Reactivity of Metal Ions during Atmospheric Nitrate Transformations on Photoactive Mineral Dust

H Wang, Z Hu, S Liu, X Zhang, Y Sun… - … Science & Technology, 2024 - ACS Publications
Dissecting the photochemical reactivity of metal ions is a significant contribution to
understanding secondary pollutant formation, as they have a role to be reckoned with …