Super CAMP': A research project to investigate the polar middle atmosphere in summer with rocket launches from 65°-80°

Document ID: 348

Kopp, E.1
Philbrick, C. Russell1
Thomas, G. E.1
Witt, G.

1 Physikalisches lnstitut, University of Bern, Switzerland
 Air Force Geophysical Laboratory, Bedford, USA
 Laboratory for Atmospheric & Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
 Meteorological Office. University of Stockholm, Sweden
 

Presented: Proceedings of the 7th ESA Symposium on European Rocket & Balloon Programmes and Related Research
Loen, Norway,, 1985

Abstract

An international campaign "Super CAMP" (CAMP: Cold Arctic Mesopause Project) is proposed for summer 1988 which will be focussed to study the structure and dynamics of the middle atmosphere (50-150 km) above the north polar region. The polar summer mesosphere is characterized by the presence of the thin, persistent and dense clouds at altitudes 82-86 km north of 70°N latitude. The polar mesospheric cloud layer (PMC), as observed from the SME satellite, is the source of ice particles which are visible from ground as Noctilucent Clouds (NLC) in summer at high latitudes (>70°N).

Super CAMP should concentrate on following goals:

  1. Measurements of water vapor, ozone and temperature and its variability as a function of time, geomagnetic and meteor shower activity.
  • Formation, particle size and density, transport and life time of NLC particlcs
  • Dnynamics and temperature and their effects on ice particle growths and the distribution of minor constituents including the ionospheric plasma.
  • Electric fields, charged aerosols, massive positive and negative ions in the vicinity of NLC.

    • In site measurements from rockets, grouped in 2-3 salvos should be supported by ground, airborne and satellite remote sensing experiments in the latitude region 60-80°N. Rocket launchings from Nord, Greenland (81.5°N) and/or Thule, Greenland (76.6°N) would offer a study of the mesosphere where NLC particles originate.

     

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    Keywords: middle atmosphere, summer mesosphere, polar region, Rocket Campaign

    Citation:        "Super CAMP': A research project to investigate the polar middle atmosphere in summer with rocket launches from 65°-80°", Kopp, E., C. R. Philbrick, G. E. Thomas, G. Witt, Proceedings of the 7th ESA Symposium on European Rocket & Balloon Programmes and Related Research, publisher?, May 1985, pp. 125 - 136

     

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