Nanodust shedding and its potential influence on dust related phenomena in the mesosphere
Havnes, O and Hartquist, TW
(2016)
Nanodust shedding and its potential influence on dust related phenomena in the mesosphere.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121 (20).
pp. 12363-12376.
ISSN 2169-897X
Abstract
We explore the possibility that some meteoric smoke particles that collide with larger nanoparticles near the mesopause can escape from the larger particles by capturing surface electrons. If the process were sufficiently efficient, under certain conditions it would influence the responses of polar mesospheric summer echoes to artificial heating in a manner that is compatible with observations that are unexplained with previous models. The process would have a number of other possible consequences for nanoparticles near the mesopause.
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Havnes, O
Hartquist, TW
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