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Proceedings with Extended Abstracts (single PDF file) - Radio ...

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Fig. 4 Schematic drawing of the horizontal and vertical velocity and temperaturevariations due to gravity waves. Left: vertical velocity; right: temperature pro<strong>file</strong>s at locationX 0 of a gravity wave during steepening (dashed are cooled regions). The arrows in the centrepanel show the airflow and the inclined lines show the isentropes (from Röttger, 1991).Charge redistribution causinginitial PMSE in in a sheet-like layer layerHomogeneousdistribution offrozen-ininhomogeneitiesLife-time > 10 secvery weakfluctuationsIsolated patchesof quasirandomlydistributedirregularities inturbulentbackgroundlifetime < 10secIceparticles,heavyionsPMSESheetperturbationLayerPerturbed PMSE layerwaveturbulenceStabilizing PMSE layer andtransition into fossil turbulence-- fossil plasma irregularities --Positivecorrelation ofcross section andcoherenceNegativecorrelation ofcross-sectionand coherencewide layerstrongfluctuationsThinning layersheet <strong>with</strong> weakfluctuationsFig. 5 Block diagram of the life history of Polar Mesosphere Summer Echoes.In the left- and right-hand margin boxes the signal characteristics are summarized,which characterize PMSE in the different development phases shown here.56

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