A Model of the Atmospheric Metal Deposition by Cosmic Dust Particles
Abstract
We have developed a model of the deposition of meteoric metals in Earth's atmosphere. The model takes as input the total mass influx of material to the Earth and calculates the deposition rate at all altitudes through solution of the drag and subliminal equations in a Monte Carlo-type computation. The diffusion equation is then solved to give steady state concentration of complexes of specific metal species and kinetics are added to calculate the concentration of individual complexes. Concentrating on sodium, we calculate the Na(D) nightglow predicted by the model, and by introduction of seasonal variations in lower tropospheric ozone based on experimental results, we are able to duplicate the seasonal variation of mid-latitude nightglow data. Atmospheric metal deposition, Sodium nightglow, Thermospheric ozone.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 17, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA278561
Entities
People
- W. J. Mcneil