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Zadorozhny et al. 1993
Zadorozhny, A.M., Tyutin, A.A., Witt, G., Wilhelm, N., Wälchli, U., Cho, J.Y.N. and Swartz, W.E. (1993). Electric field measurements in the vicinity of noctilucent clouds and PMSE. Geophysical Research Letters 20: doi: 10.1029/93GL02626. issn: 0094-8276.

We report mesospheric electric structure in the vicinity of noctilucent clouds (NLC) and polar mesospheric summer echoes (PMSEs) measured on the DECIMALS-B rocket payload launched during the international rocket-radar campaign NLC-91 from Esrange, Sweden on August 10, 1991. Unusually large vertical E-fields, Ez, about 100--300 mV/m on ascent and greater than 1 V/m on descent were detected at 82.5--84.5 km. The region of the large Ez was clearly limited by the NLC layer on the bottom and by the distinctly separated PMSE layer on the top. A narrow negative peak in the Ez height profile observed on ascent in the lower part of the NLC layer was apparently caused by the interaction of the field mill with impacting NLC particles possibly carrying negative charge. If the impact signature is due to single particles, their size is estimate to at least 0.5 &mgr;m and their concentration about 10-4 cm-3 locally. Based on the light-scattering properties of NLC such massive particles can only be a minor part of the NLC population. ¿American Geophysical Union 1993

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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Aerosols and particles, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Middle atmosphere—composition and chemistry, Magnetospheric Physics, Electric fields
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Geophysical Research Letters
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