Observations of aerosol layers in the upper stratosphere after falling Chebarkulsko meteorite

Cheremisin A.A.1, 2, Novikov P.V.2, Ivanov V.N.3, Zubachev D.S.3, Korshunov V.A.3, Lapshin V.B.4, Ivanov M.S.4, Galkin K.A.4, Gubko P.A.4, Antonov D.L.4, Tulinov G.F.4, Nikolashkin S.V.5, Marichev V.N.6, 7, Bychkov V.V.8, Shevtsov B.M.8
  1. Siberian Federal University, Russia
  2. Krasnoyarsk Railway Institute, Russia
  3. FGBU NGOs Typhoon, Russia
  4. FGBU IPG, Russia
  5. Institute of Space Physics Research and Aeronomy. Yu.G.Shafera SB RAS,
  6. Institute of Atmospheric Optics. VE Zuev, SB RAS, Russia
  7. National Research Tomsk State University, Russia
  8. Institute of Space Physics Research and Radio Wave Propagation, Far East Branch, Russia

   Passage Chebarkulsky meteorite, which took place February 15, 2013 over
   the city of Chelyabinsk and the surrounding region, there has been great
   public outcry and led to a natural interest of researchers of different
   disciplines. Mass of the meteorite was estimated at 10 thousand tons,
   which is comparable to the total mass of meteoric material entering the
   earth's atmosphere during the year (from 16 to 40 thousand tons according
   to various estimates).

   Mass of the meteorite was estimated at 10 thousand tons, which is
   comparable to the total mass of meteoric material entering the earth's
   atmosphere during the year (from 16 to 40 thousand tons according to
   various estimates). The explosion of a meteorite in the stratosphere
   aerosol left a trail that, in principle, could be fixed by the lidar
   observations.

   The report presents the results of lidar observations of high-altitude
   aerosol layers, which appeared in the atmosphere after the fall of the
   meteorite Chebarkulsky in Moscow, Obninsk and Yakutsk. Held trajectory
   analysis showed that the observed layers came from the area of the fall of
   the meteorite.