Articles | Volume 37, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-37-1079-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-37-1079-2019
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05 Dec 2019
Regular paper |  | 05 Dec 2019

Research on small-scale structures of ice particle density and electron density in the mesopause region

Ruihuan Tian, Jian Wu, Jinxiu Ma, Yonggan Liang, Hui Li, Chengxun Yuan, Yongyuan Jiang, and Zhongxiang Zhou

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The density distribution of ice particles and electrons near the boundary of the polar mesosphere summer echo (PMSE) region is studied. The results show that when the radius distribution function of the condensation nucleus is a Gaussian type, for a certain range of the condensation core radius, sharp peaks with a meter scale appear in the density profiles of ice particles and electrons. These small-scale structures of electron density may be one of the causes of the PMSE phenomenon.