Articles | Volume 19, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5259-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5259-2019
Research article
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17 Apr 2019
Research article |  | 17 Apr 2019

Mesospheric anomalous diffusion during noctilucent cloud scenarios

Fazlul I. Laskar, Gunter Stober, Jens Fiedler, Meers M. Oppenheim, Jorge L. Chau, Duggirala Pallamraju, Nicholas M. Pedatella, Masaki Tsutsumi, and Toralf Renkwitz

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Meteor radars are used to track and estimate the fading time of meteor trails. In this investigation, it is observed that the diffusion time estimated from such trail fading time is anomalously higher during noctilucent clouds (NLC) than that in its absence. We propose that NLC particles absorb background electrons and thus modify the background electrodynamics, leading to such an anomaly.
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