HR: 1340h
AN: SA13A-0237    [Abstracts]
TI: Characteristics of Mesospheric Sporadic Metal Atom Layers Over the Arecibo Observatory.
AU: * Delgado, R
EM: rubendelgado71@comcast.net
AF: University Of Puerto Rico, Chemistry Department University of Puerto Rico PO Box 23346, San Juan, PR 00931
AU: Raizada, S
EM: shikha@naic.edu
AF: National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center Arecibo Observatory, HC03 Box 53995, Arecibo, PR 00612
AU: Tepley, C A
EM: craig@naic.edu
AF: National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center Arecibo Observatory, HC03 Box 53995, Arecibo, PR 00612
AU: Weiner, B R
EM: brad@hpcf.upr.edu
AF: University Of Puerto Rico, Chemistry Department University of Puerto Rico PO Box 23346, San Juan, PR 00931
AU: Friedman, J S
EM: jonathan@naic.edu
AF: National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center Arecibo Observatory, HC03 Box 53995, Arecibo, PR 00612
AB: Nighttime observations of mesospheric metal atom layers have been performed at the Arecibo Observatory using lidar for nearly a decade. A statistical analysis of parameters related to sporadic metal atom layers over the Arecibo Observatory was performed. Parameters, such as average peak height, average thickness, rise and fall times, seasonal variation, as well as their correlation with other geophysical parameters, were analyzed for each metal species over the Arecibo Observatory. The goal of this work is to achieve a better understanding of the chemical and dynamical processes that govern the metal layers.
DE: 3300 ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES
DE: 3332 Mesospheric dynamics
DE: 3360 Remote sensing
SC: SPA-Aeronomy [SA]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005