Simultaneous in situ measurements of small-scale structures in neutral, plasma, and atomic oxygen densities during the WADIS sounding rocket project

Strelnikov, Boris; Eberhart, Martin; Friedrich, Martin; Hedin, Jonas; Khaplanov, Mikhail; Baumgarten, Gerd; Williams, Bifford P.; Staszak, Tristan; Asmus, Heiner; Strelnikova, Irina; Latteck, Ralph; Grygalashvyly, Mykhaylo; Lübken, Franz-Josef; Höffner, Josef; Wörl, Raimund; Gumbel, Jörg; Löhle, Stefan; Fasoulas, Stefanos; Rapp, Markus; Barjatya, Aroh; Taylor, Michael J.; Pautet, Pierre-Dominique

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-11443-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 17

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11 Sep 2019

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| 11 Sep 2019

Simultaneous in situ measurements of small-scale structures in neutral, plasma, and atomic oxygen densities during the WADIS sounding rocket project

Boris Strelnikov, Martin Eberhart, Martin Friedrich, Jonas Hedin, Mikhail Khaplanov, Gerd Baumgarten, Bifford P. Williams, Tristan Staszak, Heiner Asmus, Irina Strelnikova, Ralph Latteck, Mykhaylo Grygalashvyly, Franz-Josef Lübken, Josef Höffner, Raimund Wörl, Jörg Gumbel, Stefan Löhle, Stefanos Fasoulas, Markus Rapp, Aroh Barjatya, Michael J. Taylor, and Pierre-Dominique Pautet

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (28 Jun 2019) by Andreas Engel

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (17 Jul 2019) by Andreas Engel

AR by Boris Strelnikov on behalf of the Authors (24 Jul 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Sounding rockets are the only means of measuring small-scale structures (i.e., spatial scales of kilometers to centimeters) in the Earth's middle atmosphere (50–120 km). We present and analyze brand-new high-resolution measurements of atomic oxygen (O) concentration together with high-resolution measurements of ionospheric plasma and neutral air parameters. We found a new behavior of the O inside turbulent layers, which might be essential to adequately model weather and climate.