Lidar observations of stratospheric aerosol traces of Chelyabinsk meteorite
V.N. Ivanov1, D.S. Zubachev1, V.A. Korshunov1, V.B. Lapshin2, M.S. Ivanov2, K.A. Galkin2, P.A. Gubko2, D.L. Antonov2, G.F. Tulinov2, A.A. Cheremisin3,4, P.V. Novikov4, S.V. Nikolashkin5, S.V. Titov5, V.N. Marichev6,7
1Research and Production Association 'Typhoon', 4 Pobeda str., Obninsk, Kaluga Region, 249038, Russia
2E.K. Fedorov Institute of Applied Geophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 9 Rostokinskaya str., Moscow, 129128, Russia
3Siberian Federal University, 79 Svobodny pr., 660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
4Krasnoyarsk Railway Institute, 89 Lado Ketskhoveli str., 660028, Krasnoyarsk region, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
5Yu.G. Shafer Institute of Cosmophysical Research and Aeronomy of the Siberian Branch of the RAS, 677980, Yakutsk, 31, Lenina ave
6V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, 1, Academician Zuev square, Tomsk, 634021, Russia
7National Research Tomsk State University, 36, Lenin Avenue, Tomsk, 634050, Russia
Keywords: lidar, aerosol, meteorite, stratosphere
Abstract
The results of lidar sounding of aerosol layers formed in stratosphere after Chebarcul meteorite fall on 15 February 2013 are presented. Aerosol layers were observed at altitudes of 34–42 km in Moscow, Obninsk, and Yakutsk at the end of February — beginning of March. The meteoritic origin of observed layers was confirmed by analysis of air mass trajectories.
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