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Articles | Volume 19, issue 12
Articles | Volume 19, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-4277-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-4277-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 19, issue 12
Research article
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30 Jun 2026
Research article |  | 30 Jun 2026

Monitoring of lower thermospheric neutral density variations using meteor head echoes

Devin Huyghebaert, Juha Vierinen, Björn Gustavsson, Ralph Latteck, Toralf Renkwitz, Marius Zecha, Claudia C. Stephan, J. Federico Conte, Daniel Kastinen, Johan Kero, and Jorge L. Chau

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The phenomena of meteors occurs at altitudes of 60–120 km and can be used to measure the neutral atmosphere. We use a large high power radar system in Norway (Middle Atmosphere Alomar Radar System (MAARSY)) to measure the meteors and determine changes to the atmospheric density between the years of 2016–2023 at altitudes of 85–115 km. The same time period between years are compared, minimizing changes to the measurements due to factors other than the atmosphere.
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