• Observation of mesospheric dust and ionospheric conditions during the G-chaser rocket campaign 

      Trollvik, Henriette Marie Tveitnes; Gunnarsdottir, Tinna; Mann, Ingrid; Olsen, Sveinung viggo; Restad, Erlend; Antonsen, Tarjei; Fredriksen, Åshild; Eilertsen, Yngve; Havnes, Ole; Hansen, Rikke; Floer, Markus; Bjørk, Arne; Bootby, Christopher; Latteck, Ralph (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-10)
      SPID, Smoke Particle Impact Detector, is a Faraday cup detector designed to measure nanometer-sized meteoric smoke particles during rocket flights. We report measurements made with SPID during the G-Chaser student rocket campaign 13 January 2019 and describe the design of the SPID instruments. Model calculations of dust trajectories within the detector result in an effective crosssection of 0.97 for ...
    • Observation of mesospheric dust and ionospheric conditions during the G-chaser rocket campaign 

      Trollvik, Henriette Marie Tveitnes; Gunnarsdottir, Tinna; Mann, Ingrid; Olsen, Sveinung viggo; Restad, Erlend; Antonsen, Tarjei; Havnes, Ove; Fredriksen, Åshild; Boothby, Christoffer; Björk, Arne; Hansen, Rikke Hedelund; Floer, Markus; Eilertsen, Yngve; Latteck, Ralph (Conference object; Konferansebidrag, 2019)
      SPID, Smoke Particle Impact Detector, is a Faraday cup detector designed to measure nanometer-sized meteoric smoke particles during rocket flights. We report measurements made with SPID during the G-Chaser student rocket campaign 13 January 2019 and describe the design of the SPID instruments. Model calculations of dust trajectories within the detector result in an effective cross section of 0.97 ...
    • On the Meteoric Smoke Particle Detector SPID: Measurements and analysis from the G-chaser rocket campaign 

      Trollvik, Henriette Marie Tveitnes (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-06-01)
      The Smoke Particle Impact Detector (SPID), newly designed at the University of Tromsø, was launched from Andøya 09:13 UTC the 13. January 2019. SPID is designed to detect meteoric smoke particles (MSPs) in winter mesospheric conditions. The rocket had a velocity of 1600 ms-1 at ~55 km where the nosecone was separated. At ~ 60km, SPID detected a signal of 17nA on the middle plate. The dynamics of the ...
    • Radar studies of ionospheric dusty plasma phenomena 

      Mann, Ingrid; Gunnarsdottir, Tinna; Häggström, Ingemar; Eren, Saliha; Tjulin, Anders; Myrvang, Margaretha; Rietveld, Mike T; Dalin, Peter; Jozwicki, Dorota; Trollvik, Henriette Marie Tveitnes (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-17)
      We discuss the influence of charged dust on radar observations in the Earth ionosphere. This region in the upper Earth atmosphere can be described as a partially ionized, low‐temperature plasma. Plasma parameters vary by orders of magnitude spatially and in time. Dust particles influence the charge balance, in some cases dusty plasma condition is met. The polar mesospheric echoes are an example of ...