Atmospheric chemistry of meteoric metals

JMC Plane - Chemical reviews, 2003 - ACS Publications
The subject of this review is the atmospheric chemistry of the metals that ablate from
meteoroids at altitudes between 70 and 120 km in the Earth's atmosphere. Before describing …

The chemistry of meteoric metals in the Earth's upper atmosphere

JMC Plane - International Reviews in Physical Chemistry, 1991 - Taylor & Francis
The presence of thin layers of free metal atoms at around 90 km in the upper atmosphere
has been known for about fifty years. Layers of the alkali metals Na, K and Li, as well as Ca …

[BOOK][B] Laser remote sensing

T Fujii, T Fukuchi - 2005 - books.google.com
Laser Remote Sensing provides an up-to-date, comprehensive review on LIDAR, focusing
mainly on applications to current topics in atmospheric science. The scope of the book …

A time-resolved model of the mesospheric Na layer: constraints on the meteor input function

JMC Plane - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2004 - acp.copernicus.org
A time-resolved model of the Na layer in the mesosphere/lower thermosphere region is
described, where the continuity equations for the major sodium species Na, Na+ and …

A global model of meteoric sodium

DR Marsh, D Janches, W Feng… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A global model of sodium in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere has been developed
within the framework of the National Center for Atmospheric Research's Whole Atmosphere …

Resonance fluorescence lidar for measurements of the middle and upper atmosphere

T Fujii, T Fukuchi - Laser remote sensing, 2005 - taylorfrancis.com
Acknowledgments................................................................ 412 References.......................................
..................................... 4125.1. INTRODUCTION5. 1.1. Lidar Study of the Middle and Upper …

Sporadic neutral metal layers in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere

BR Clemesha - Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, 1995 - Elsevier
Although the existence of thin ionized layers at heights around 100 km has been known for
many years, it is only much more recently that thin neutral metal layers have been observed …

Lidar studies of the nighttime sodium layer over Urbana, Illinois: 1. Seasonal and nocturnal variations

CS Gardner, DG Voelz, CF Sechrist Jr… - Journal of Geophysical …, 1986 - Wiley Online Library
Sodium lidar measurements obtained between December 1980 and May 1986 at Urbana,
Illinois, are compared with other reported lidar measurements and with recently developed …

Resonant lidar detection of Ca and Ca+ in the upper atmosphere

G Granier, JP Jégou, G Mégie - Geophysical Research Letters, 1985 - Wiley Online Library
Resonant lidar detection of neutral (Ca‐423 nm) and ionized (Ca+‐393 nm) calcium altitude
distributions has been performed during nighttime at the Observatoire de Haute‐Provence …

Observations of gravity wave breakdown into ripples associated with dynamical instabilities

F Li, AZ Liu, GR Swenson, JH Hecht… - Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The breakdown of a high‐frequency quasi‐monochromatic gravity wave into small‐scale
ripples in OH airglow was observed on the night of 28 October 2003 at Maui, Hawaii (20.7° …