• A case study on generation mechanisms of a sporadic sodium layer above Tromsø (69.6° N) during a night of high auroral activity 

      Takahashi, Toru; Nozawa, Satonaori; Tsuda, Takuo T.; Ogawa, Yasunobu; Saito, Norihito; Hidemori, Takehiro; Kawahara, Takuya D.; Hall, Chris; Fujiwara, Hitoshi; Matuura, Nobuo; Brekke, Asgeir; Tsutsumi, Masaki; Wada, Satoshi; Kawabata, Tetsuya; Oyama, Shinichiro; Fujii, Ryoichi (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-08-05)
      We have quantitatively evaluated generation mechanisms of a sporadic sodium layer (SSL) based on observational data obtained by multiple instruments at a high-latitude station: Ramfjordmoen, Tromsø, Norway (69.6° N, 19.2° E). The sodium lidar observed an SSL at 21:18 UT on 22 January 2012. The SSL was observed for 18 min, with a maximum sodium density of about 1.9 × 1010 m−3 at 93 km with a 1.1 km ...
    • Formation of an additional density peak in the bottom side of the sodium layer associated with the passage of multiple mesospheric frontal systems 

      Narayanan, Viswanathan Lakshmi; Nozawa, Satonori; Oyama, Shin-Ichiro; Mann, Ingrid; Shiokawa, Kazuo; Otsuka, Yuichi; Saito, Norihito; Wada, Satoshi; Kawahara, Takuya D.; Takahashi, Toru (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-18)
      We present a detailed investigation of the formation of an additional sodium density peak at altitudes of 79–85 km below the main peak of the sodium layer based on sodium lidar and airglow imager measurements made at Ramfjordmoen near Tromsø, Norway, on the night of 19 December 2014. The airglow imager observations of OH emissions revealed four passing frontal systems that resembled mesospheric ...