Radiances measured with the GOME spectrometer on the ERS-2 satellite are used to derive the total content of the meteoric metal species Mg+, Mg, Fe+ and Fe. A retrieval algorithm has been developed and applied to determine the species content on a global scale for the year 1996. Results show total content for all the species has a maximum in late summer in both the northern and southern hemispheres. The ...
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