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SUBMITTER: Dawkins EC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4949710 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dawkins E C M EC Plane J M C JM Chipperfield M P MP Feng W W
Journal of geophysical research. Atmospheres : JGR 20150807 15
The meteoric metal layers act as unique tracers of chemistry and dynamics in the upper atmosphere. Existing lidar studies from a few locations show that K exhibits a semiannual seasonality (winter and summer maxima), quite unlike the annual seasonality (winter maximum and summer minimum) seen with Na and Fe. This work uses spaceborne observations made with the Optical Spectrograph and InfraRed Imager System instrument on the Odin satellite to retrieve the near-global K layer for the first time. ...[more]