The Cold Arctic Mesopause Project (CAMP) campaign 1982
Document ID: 261
Kopp, E.1
Bertin, F.1
Bjorn, L. G.2
Dickinson, P. H. G.3
Philbrick, C. Russell4
Witt, G.5
1 Centre de Recherches en Physique de l'Environnement, Saint Maur des Fosses, France
2 Swedish Space Corporation, Solna, Sweden
3 Science and Engineering Research Council, Chilton, England
4 USAF, Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, Bedford, MA, U.S.A.
5 University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
Presented: The Seventh ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programs and Related Research, 1985
Abstract
During the Cold Arctic Mesopause Project rockets were launched during a period of noctilucent cloud (NLC) sighting. The NLC height was 83 + or - 1 km. A high magnetic disturbance was present. High positive ion densities were measured in the lower inosphere. The temperature measurements show that their profiles in the stratosphere and lower mesosphere are near the values predicted by high latitude summer models. At altitudes between 83 to 94 km a wave structure with temperature minima of 139, 114, and 111 K is observed. The 138 K temperature minimum is located at the height of the observed NLC. Positive and negative ion composition measurements were obtained from rocket flights. Atomic oxygen was measured between 65 to 135 km. Nitric oxide densities are inferred from positive ion composition measurements.
Keywords: arctic regions, atmospheric sounding, mesopause, noctilucent clouds, rocket sounding, atmospheric temperature, summer, temperature distribution, temperature measurements, wind profiles
| Citation: | "The Cold Arctic Mesopause Project (CAMP) campaign 1982", Kopp, E., F. Bertin, L. G. Bjorn, P. H. G. Dickinson, C. R. Philbrick, G. Witt, Seventh ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programs and Related Research, ESA Proceedings, 1985, pp. 117 - 123, SEE N86-18811 09-46 |