Measurements of the terrestrial dust influx variability by the Cosmic Dust Experiment

We report on the results of the Cosmic Dust Experiment (CDE) onboard the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) satellite, collected during eight months of operation between May 2007 and February 2008. CDE is an impact detector designed to measure the variability of the cosmic dust influx of grains with radius, 1.5

Research Highlights
► In situ measurements of the micron-sized terrestrial dust flux.
► Spatial and temporal variability observed in the terrestrial dust flux.
► Main source of variability is the changing angle between a given hemisphere and the Earth's ram direction.