• A new method of inferring the size, number density, and charge of mesospheric dust from its in situ collection by the DUSTY probe 

      Havnes, Ove; Antonsen, Tarjei; Baumgarten, Gerd; Hartquist, Thomas W.; Biebricher, Alexander; Fredriksen, Åshild; Friedrich, Martin; Hedin, Jonas (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-15)
      <p>We present a new method of analyzing measurements of mesospheric dust made with DUSTY rocket-borne Faraday cup probes. It can yield the variation in fundamental dust parameters through a mesospheric cloud with an altitude resolution down to 10 cm or less if plasma probes give the plasma density variations with similar height resolution. A DUSTY probe was the first probe that unambiguously detected ...
    • Simultaneous observations of a Mesospheric Inversion Layer and turbulence during the ECOMA-2010 rocket campaign 

      Szewczyk, Artur; Strelnikov, Boris; Rapp, Markus; Strelnikova, Irina; Baumgarten, Gerd; Kaifler, Natalie; Dunker, Tim; Hoppe, Ulf-Peter (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      From 19 November to 19 December 2010 the fourth and final ECOMA rocket campaign was conducted at Andøya Rocket Range (69 N, 16 E) in northern Norway. We present and discuss measurement results obtained during the last rocket launch labelled ECOMA09 when simultaneous and true common volume in situ measurements of temperature and turbulence supported by ground-based lidar observations reveal ...
    • Spatial and temporal variability in MLT turbulence inferred from in situ and ground-based observations during the WADIS-1 sounding rocket campaign 

      Strelnikov, Boris; Szewczyk, Artur; Strelnikova, Irina; Latteck, Ralph; Baumgarten, Gerd; Lübken, Franz-Josef; Rapp, Markus; Fasoulas, Stefanos; Löhle, Stefan; Eberhart, Martin; Hoppe, Ulf-Peter; Dunker, Tim; Friedrich, Martin; Hedin, Jonas; Khaplanov, Mikhail; Gumbel, Jörg; Barjatya, Aroh (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-04-10)
      In summer 2013 the WADIS-1 sounding rocket campaign was conducted at the Andøya Space Center (ACS) in northern Norway (69 N, 16 E). Among other things, it addressed the question of the variability in mesosphere/lower thermosphere (MLT) turbulence, both in time and space. A unique feature of the WADIS project was multi-point turbulence sounding applying different measurement techniques including ...
    • Validation of Multistatic Meteor Radar Analysis Using Modeled Mesospheric Dynamics: An Assessment of the Reliability of Gradients and Vertical Velocities 

      Charuvil Asokan, Harikrishnan; Chau, Jorge L.; Larsen, Miguel F.; Conte, J. Federico; Marino, Raffaele; Vierinen, Juha; Baumgarten, Gerd; Borchert, Sebastian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-28)
      A virtual meteor radar system based on the upper-atmosphere extension of the high-resolution ICOsahedral Non-hydrostatic general circulation model is constructed to validate multistatic specular meteor radar (SMR) analyses. The virtual radar system examines the validity of mean winds and gradients estimation techniques used in multistatic SMRs. The study is motivated by unexpected mean values and ...