Title :
The influence of meteoric smoke particle attributions on polar mesospheric clouds formation
Author :
Zhengzheng Ma ; Liang Chen ; Kun Xue ; Zhengwen Xu ; Jian Wu
Author_Institution :
China Res. Inst. of Radiowave Propagation, Qingdao, China
Abstract :
It is known that the formation of polar mesospheric clouds (PMCs) is correlated with temperature, concentration and desublimation nuclei of water vapor. The primary candidate of these nuclei is believed to be meteoric smoke particles. In this study, we have surveyed the influence of meteoric smoke particle attributions on polar mesospheric ice clouds formation. It is found that the large smoke particles with radium of 2-3 nm will dominate the nucleation of water vapor.
Keywords :
atmospheric humidity; atmospheric temperature; clouds; ice; mesosphere; meteorites; nucleation; smoke; desublimation nuclei concentration; meteoric smoke particle; polar mesospheric clouds formation; polar mesospheric ice clouds; smoke particles; water vapor; water vapor nucleation; Atmospheric measurements; Clouds; Earth; Ice; Ionosphere; Radar; Temperature; heterogeneous nucleation; meteoric smoke particles; polar mesospheric clouds; water vapor;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas, Propagation & EM Theory (ISAPE), 2012 10th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Xian
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1799-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISAPE.2012.6408792
