Polar mesosphere summer echoes (PMSE): Review of observations and current understanding

M Rapp, FJ Lübken - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2004 - acp.copernicus.org
Polar mesosphere summer echoes (PMSE) are very strong radar echoes primarily studied in
the VHF wavelength range from altitudes close to the polar summer mesopause. Radar …

An updated review of polar mesosphere summer echoes: Observation, theory, and their relationship to noctilucent clouds and subvisible aerosols

JYN Cho, J Röttger - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Peculiar atmospheric radar echoes from the high‐latitude summer mesosphere have
spurred much research in recent years. The radar data (taken on frequency bands ranging …

Mean and variable forcing of the middle atmosphere by gravity waves

DC Fritts, SL Vadas, K Wan, JA Werne - Journal of Atmospheric and Solar …, 2006 - Elsevier
Recently we have begun to appreciate more fully the degree and the consequences of
variability in gravity wave (GW) forcing of the middle atmosphere. Such variability arises for a …

Neutral air turbulence and temperatures in the vicinity of polar mesosphere summer echoes

FJ Lübken, M Rapp, P Hoffmann - Journal of Geophysical …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
A total of 8 sounding rocket flights with measurements of neutral air turbulence in the upper
mesosphere have been performed in the past 10 years with simultaneous and nearly co …

Vertical transport of anthropogenic soot aerosol into the middle atmosphere

RF Pueschel, S Verma, H Rohatschek… - Journal of …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Gravito‐photophoresis, a sunlight‐induced force acting on particles which are geometrically
asymmetric and which have uneven surface distribution of thermal accommodation …

First continuous temperature measurements within polar mesosphere summer echoes

FJ Lübken, J Lautenbach, J Höffner, M Rapp… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2009 - Elsevier
Simultaneous measurements of polar mesosphere summer echoes (PMSE) by a VHF radar
and temperatures in the mesopause region by a potassium lidar were performed on …

PMSE dependence on aerosol charge number density and aerosol size

M Rapp, FJ Lübken, P Hoffmann… - Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
It is commonly accepted that the existence of polar mesosphere summer echoes (PMSEs)
depends on the presence of charged aerosols since these are comparatively heavy and …

Similarities and differences in polar mesosphere summer echoes observed in the Arctic and Antarctica

R Latteck, W Singer, RJ Morris… - Annales …, 2008 - angeo.copernicus.org
Polar Mesosphere Summer Echoes (PMSE) have been observed in the high latitudes of the
Northern and Southern Hemisphere for several years using VHF radars located at …

Polar mesosphere summer echoes at Wasa, Antarctica (73 S): First observations and comparison with 68 N

S Kirkwood, I Wolf, H Nilsson, P Dalin… - Geophysical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Polar mesosphere summer echoes (PMSE) have been observed for the first time at Wasa,
Antarctica (73° S, 13° W, 61° geomagnetic). A new 54.5 MHz radar, MARA, operated first in …

First polar mesosphere summer echoes observed at Davis, Antarctica (68.6 S)

RJ Morris, DJ Murphy, IM Reid… - Geophysical …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
We report the first observations of polar mesosphere summer echoes (PMSE) above the
high‐latitude Southern Hemisphere (SH) station Davis, Antarctica (68.6° S, 78.0° E …