Structure, composition, and dynamics of the middle atmosphere and lower ionosphere during a major meteor shower
Structure, composition, and dynamics of the middle atmosphere and lower ionosphere during a major meteor shower
Editor(s): M. Rapp, U.-P. Hoppe, and C. Jacobi
The purpose of this special issue is to document the current state of the art regarding our understanding of the impact of a major meteor shower on the structure, composition and dynamics of the middle atmosphere and lower ionosphere. The corner stones for this collection of papers are results from a recent international sounding rocket campaign, i.e. the ECOMA 2010 Geminids campaign. This campaign was conducted in December 2010 from the North-Norwegian Andoya Rocket Range (69°N, 16°E). In the course of this sounding rocket campaign a total of three instrumented payloads were launched: One just before the onset of the shower, one at the peak of shower activity on 13 December, and one after shower activity had ceased. All scientific payloads included instruments to probe the neutral atmosphere (density, temperature, turbulence, trace species like meteor smoke, NO, O) and the lower ionosphere (electrons, positive ions, charged aerosols). In addition, a large number of accompanying ground-based measurements was carried out. Among these are the novel Middle Atmosphere ALOMAR Radar System (MAARSY), the ALOMAR RMR and Na-lidars, several specular meteor radars, photographic observations of the meteors, the EISCAT VHF-radar, the PFISR, RISR and Arecibo incoherent scatter radars, and finally the Japanese MU-radar. In addition, publicly available satellite data sets (e.g., from SABER/TIMED, MLS/AURA, and possibly also SOFIE/AIM) will also be considered to put the more local observations into a global perspective. This unique combination of in-situ, ground-based, and satellite-based observations is expected to give us unprecedented insight into the effect of a major meteor shower like the Geminids on the middle atmosphere and lower ionosphere.

In addition to contributions from scientists who have been directly involved in the activities mentioned above, the Special Issue editors will consider including relevant papers from other research groups in this issue.

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03 May 2013
Simultaneous observations of a Mesospheric Inversion Layer and turbulence during the ECOMA-2010 rocket campaign
A. Szewczyk, B. Strelnikov, M. Rapp, I. Strelnikova, G. Baumgarten, N. Kaifler, T. Dunker, and U.-P. Hoppe
Ann. Geophys., 31, 775–785, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-775-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-775-2013, 2013
12 Mar 2013
The Geminid meteor shower during the ECOMA sounding rocket campaign: specular and head echo radar observations
G. Stober, C. Schult, C. Baumann, R. Latteck, and M. Rapp
Ann. Geophys., 31, 473–487, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-473-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-473-2013, 2013
06 Mar 2013
MU head echo observations of the 2010 Geminids: radiant, orbit, and meteor flux observing biases
J. Kero, C. Szasz, and T. Nakamura
Ann. Geophys., 31, 439–449, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-439-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-439-2013, 2013
07 Feb 2013
Payload charging events in the mesosphere and their impact on Langmuir type electric probes
T. A. Bekkeng, A. Barjatya, U.-P. Hoppe, A. Pedersen, J. I. Moen, M. Friedrich, and M. Rapp
Ann. Geophys., 31, 187–196, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-187-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-187-2013, 2013
29 Jan 2013
Multi-instrument comparisons of D-region plasma measurements
M. Friedrich, K. M. Torkar, U.-P. Hoppe, T.-A. Bekkeng, A. Barjatya, and M. Rapp
Ann. Geophys., 31, 135–144, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-135-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-135-2013, 2013
09 Jan 2013
Development of the mesospheric Na layer at 69° N during the Geminids meteor shower 2010
T. Dunker, U.-P. Hoppe, G. Stober, and M. Rapp
Ann. Geophys., 31, 61–73, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-61-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-61-2013, 2013
12 Dec 2012
In situ observations of meteor smoke particles (MSP) during the Geminids 2010: constraints on MSP size, work function and composition
M. Rapp, J. M. C. Plane, B. Strelnikov, G. Stober, S. Ernst, J. Hedin, M. Friedrich, and U.-P. Hoppe
Ann. Geophys., 30, 1661–1673, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-30-1661-2012,https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-30-1661-2012, 2012
28 Nov 2012
Observations of NO in the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere during ECOMA 2010
J. Hedin, M. Rapp, M. Khaplanov, J. Stegman, and G. Witt
Ann. Geophys., 30, 1611–1621, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-30-1611-2012,https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-30-1611-2012, 2012
05 Oct 2012
Electron loss and meteoric dust in the mesosphere
M. Friedrich, M. Rapp, T. Blix, U.-P. Hoppe, K. Torkar, S. Robertson, S. Dickson, and K. Lynch
Ann. Geophys., 30, 1495–1501, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-30-1495-2012,https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-30-1495-2012, 2012
25 Oct 2013
Preface ''Structure, composition, and dynamics of the middle atmosphere and lower ionosphere during a major meteor shower''
U.-P. Hoppe and M. Rapp
Ann. Geophys., 31, 1829–1831, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-1829-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-1829-2013, 2013
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