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NLC-91: An experimental study of the polar summer mesosphereIn the summer of 1991, a major scientific campaign (NLC-91) involving 31 rocket flights was conducted from ESRANGE, Kiruna, Sweden and from Heiss Island, Russia to investigate the chemical, dynamical, and electrodynamical properties of the polar summer mesosphere. The rocket flights were also coordinated with two coherent radar facilities, EISCAT (European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association) and CUPRI (Cornell University Portable Radar Instrument), as well as other ground facilities, to provide continual monitoring of the mesosphere by remote sensing techniques. The primary objectives of the campaign were to study noctilucent clouds (NLC's) and polar mesospheric summer echoes (PMSE's), including their possible relationship to local aerosols and/or small scale turbulence. The program involved scientific participation from eight countries, and promises to produce many results during the next few years. This overview considers the scientific campaign and briefly discusses preliminary results. These results are provided in more detail in papers following this overview.
Document ID
19950028995
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Goldberg, R. A.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, US, United States)
Kopp, E.
(Bern Univ. Bern, Switzerland)
Witt, G.
(Stockholm Univ. Stockholm, Sweden)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: Advances in Space Research
Volume: 14
Issue: 9
ISSN: 0273-1177
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
95A60594
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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