Articles | Volume 15, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-273-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-273-2015
Research article
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12 Jan 2015
Research article |  | 12 Jan 2015

Global investigation of the Mg atom and ion layers using SCIAMACHY/Envisat observations between 70 and 150 km altitude and WACCM-Mg model results

M. P. Langowski, C. von Savigny, J. P. Burrows, W. Feng, J. M. C. Plane, D. R. Marsh, D. Janches, M. Sinnhuber, A. C. Aikin, and P. Liebing

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AR by Martin Paul Langowski on behalf of the Authors (29 Sep 2014)  Author's response    Manuscript
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RR by Markus Rapp (22 Oct 2014)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (29 Oct 2014)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (12 Nov 2014) by Erkki Kyrölä
AR by Martin Paul Langowski on behalf of the Authors (20 Nov 2014)  Author's response    Manuscript
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Short summary
Global concentration fields of Mg and Mg+ in the Earth's upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere (70-150km) are presented. These are retrieved from SCIAMACHY/Envisat satellite grating spectrometer measurements in limb viewing geometry between 2008 and 2012. These were compared with WACCM-Mg model results and a large fraction of the available measurement results for these species, and an interpretation of the results is done. The variation of these species during NLC presence is discussed.
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