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1 Prof. Dr. Markus Rapp phone: Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock web: Schloss-Str Kühlungsborn, Germany Curriculum Vitae Date and place of Birth: in Koblenz, Germany Citizenship: German Family: Married to Dr. Hoang Tu-Rapp, two children Education University of Bonn, Germany (Physics and Mathematics) Diploma-Thesis: Calibration of the rocket borne tunable diode laser absorption spectrometer MASERATI (in German), Physics Institute, University of Bonn Diploma (M. Sc.) in Physics (summa cum laude) Graduate studies in Atmospheric Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bonn. Ph.D.-Thesis: Aerosol layers in the polar summer mesosphere: Interaction with the plasma of the D-region and dependence on temperature and dynamics 1999 Ph.D. in Physics (summa cum laude) 2004 Habilitation (German qualification for a professorship) in Atmospheric Physics at the Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn, and the University of Rostock Academic positions Post-doc Scientist at the Physics Institute, University of Bonn Post-doc Scientist at the Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlunsgsborn (IAP) 2003 Tenured Research Scientist at the Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlunsgsborn (IAP) 2004 Appointed as Privatdozent (Associate Professor) in Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock On leave from IAP as visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Sweden Back in Germany as Research Scientist at the Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics and Associate Professor at the University of Rostock 2008 Professor in Experimental Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock and Head of the Department Radars and Sounding Rockets (~20 staff members) at IAP. Other achievements 2005 NASA Group Achievement Award in recognition of your support for the EQUatorial Ionospheric Studies II Sounding Rocket Campaign conducted from the Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands July- September 2004

2 2007 Offer of Professorship in Experimental Physics (with focus on Global Atmospheric Research) at the University of Wuppertal, Germany (declined) 2009 Article Polar mesosphere summer echoes (PMSE): Review of observations and current understanding (by M. Rapp and F.-J. Lübken, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 4, , 2004) highlighted by Thomson Reuters Science Watch as one of the most cited papers in the field of Geosciences: Extended stays at other laboratories/institutes March/April 1999 Laboratoire d Aerothermique, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France (with Prof. Dr. J. C. Lengrand): Wind tunnel studies of the aerodynamical behaviour of instruments for rocket borne in situ measurements in the middle atmosphere. Oct./Nov Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA (with Prof. Gary E. Thomas): Microphysical modeling of aerosol particle processes in the middle atmosphere Active participation (including several PI assignments) in twelve international field campaigns (typical duration ~4-6 weeks) at Kiruna (Esrange), Northern Sweden, Andoya, Northern Norway, and Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, including the launches of sounding rockets and the application of lidar and radar techniques for the in situ study of middle atmospheric aerosol processes and related dynamics On leave from IAP as visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Sweden. Major Scientific Interest - Development and application of in-situ measurement techniques (for sounding rockets) for the measurement of atmospheric parameters (regarding dynamical and thermal structure, aerosol parameters) - Radar remote sensing of the middle atmosphere - Microphysics of atmospheric aerosols: Nucleation, growth, heterogeneous processes, interaction with charged species: field and laboratory measurements and microphysical modeling - Thermal and dynamical structure of the middle atmosphere - Satellite remote sensing of the middle atmosphere aerosols Teaching Experience - Regular lectures at the University of Rostock since 2001 (typically 2 SWS per semester). Classes taught: o Atmospheric Physics 1 o Atmospheric Physics 2 o Experimental Methods of Atmospheric Physics o Physics of the Ionosphere o Atmospheric Aerosol- and Cloud Physics - Lectures at the NORFA Graduate school on Middle Atmospheric Aerosol, sponsored by the Nordic Research Board, Stockholm, Sweden, 2-7 October 2005 (graduate course).

3 - Supervision of Practical exercises in Physics for undergraduate students of Medicine and Biology, during the winter term 2001/2002 at the Physics Institute, University of Rostock. - Co-Supervision of three Ph.D.-projects at the Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University: o Dr. J. Hedin (with Prof. J. Gumbel, graduated in 2009) o Dr. L. Megner (with Prof. J. Gumbel, graduated in 2008) o Dr. K.-G. Karlsson (with Prof. E. Källen, graduated in 2007) - Supervision of eight Ph.D.-projects at the Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn: o Dr. A. Müllemann (graduated in 2004, magna cum laude) o Dr. B. Strelnikov (graduated in 2006, magna cum laude) o Dr. I. Strelnikova (graduated in 2009, summa cum laude) o Mr. Qiang Li (since 2007, expected to finish in summer 2011) o Mrs. M. Placke (since 2008) o Mr. T. Renkwitz (since 2008) o Mrs. V. Matthias (since 2010) o Mr. A. Szewczik (since 2010) - Co-Supervision of one Ph.D.-thesis at the Department Life, Light and Matter at the University of Rostock (together with Prtof. Dr. Meiwes-Broer): o Mr. Slawomir Skruszewicz (since 2009) - Supervision of three diploma-theses at the Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn: o Mr. Georg Teiser (since 2010) o Mrs. Dörte Petzsch (since 2010) o Mr. Carsten Baumann (since 2010) - Supervision of three Batchelor-theses at the Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn: o Mrs. Swenja Sommer (in 2010) o Mrs. Franziska Zaage (in 2010) o Mr. Heiner Asmus (in 2010) - Faculty opponent for the PhD-defense of Mr. Lars I. Naesheim at the University of Tromso, Norway, May 16 th Funded proposals (as Principal Investigator only) - ECOMA (=Existence and Charge state Of meteoric dust particles in the Middle Atmosphere): Sounding rocket project dedicated to the study of meteoric smoke particles in the middle atmosphere. Period: : three field campaigns involving the launch of seven sounding rockets; funded by the German Aerospace Center (DLR). - MATSH (=Middle Atmosphere Temperature Sounding at High resolution): Flight opportunity for a newly developed temperature sensor; funded in the frame of the eari-grant of the European Union to the Andoya Rocket Range. Period: Influence of charged aerosol particles on the scattering of radar waves using EISCAT : Project involving the EISCAT radars in Norway and Svalbard dedicated to the study of polar mesosphere summer echoes and the effect of charged meteor smoke particles on incoherent scatter Doppler spectra. Funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) in the frame of the CAWSES priority program. Period: Influence of charged aerosol particles on the scattering of radar waves using EISCAT Part 2 : Funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) in the frame of the CAWSES priority program. Period: ECOMA-II Period: : one field campaign involving the launch of four sounding rockets; funded by the German Aerospace Center (DLR). - Influence of charged aerosol particles on the scattering of radar waves using EISCAT Part 3 : Funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) in the frame of the CAWSES priority program. Period:

4 - A new powerful VHF-Radar in Northern Norway: Climate monitoring in the middle atmosphere,funded by the German Ministry for Science and Education. Period: Dynamic control of the mesospheric ice phase : Funded by the Leibniz-Community. Period: WADIS: Wave propagation and dissipation in the middle atmosphere: Contribution to the energy budget and trace gas distributions, Sounding rocket project. Period: : two field campaigns involving the launch of two sounding rockets and ~20 met rockets; funded by the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Conference organization & Committee work - Member of the scientific organizing committee of the 16 th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, June 2003, St. Gallen (Switzerland). - Main Scientific Organizer of the session Structure and Dynamics of the Arctic and Antarctic Middle Atmosphere at the 35 th assembly of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), Paris, France, July, Member of the scientific organizing committee of the 17 th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, 30. May-2. June 2005, Sandefjord (Norway). - Main Scientific Organizer of the session Small scale structures in the mesosphere/ lower thermosphere at the 36 th assembly of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), Bejing, China, July, Member of the scientific organizing committee of the 18 th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, June 2007, Visby (Sweden). - Vice Chair Commission C2 Earth's Middle Atmosphere and Lower Ionosphere, Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), elected during the 36 th assembly (Beijing) for an initial term: Chair Commission 1 (Near Earth Space Environment) of Arbeitsgemeinschaft Extraterrestrische Forschung, AEF (since 2009) - German delegate in the EISCAT Science Oversight Committee (since 2009) Activities as Reviewer - Panel member of the NASA review panel for Geospace Science, Washington DC, USA, October 25-27, 2005 and und October 28 30, Reviewer for research proposals to NSF, NASA, German Science Foundation, Norwegian Research Council, Natural Environment Research Council (UK), Dutch Research Council, Austrian Research Council (FWF) - Reviewer for several scientific journals: Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical Research Letters, Radio Science, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Planetary and Space Science, Advances of Space Research, Annales Geophysicae, New Journal of Physics, IEEE- Transactions on Plasma Science. Editorial Appointments - Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Guest editor, Advances in Space Research, for topical collection on Small scale structures in the mesosphere/ lower thermosphere, Guest editor, Annales Geophysicae, for a special issue on ECOMA/MASS: Aerosol particles near the polar summer mesopause, 2008.

5 International Partners - Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Sweden (Prof. J. Gumbel) - Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Science, Boulder, Colorado, USA (Prof. G. E. Thomas) - Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, Oslo, Norway (Prof. U.-P. Hoppe, Prof. T. Blix) - Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico (Drs. S. Raizada and M. Sulzer) - University of Colorado at Boulder, USA (Profs. S. Robertson und Z. Sternovsky) - Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA (Dr. M. H. Stevens) - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA (Dr. R. A. Goldberg, Dr. R. Pfaff) - Pennsylvania State University, Department for Electrical Engineering, USA (Profs. J. Mitchell und C. Croskey) - Technische Universität Graz, Österreich (Prof. M. Friedrich) - School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, UK (Prof. John Plane) - EISCAT Scientific Association (Director Dr. Esa Turunen) - GATS Inc., Driggs, Idaho, USA (Dr. Mark Hervig) - Colorado Research Associates, Boulder, Co, USA (Dr. David C. Fritts, Dr. Diego Janches, Dr. Jon Fentzke) - Universität Bremen (PD Dr. Christian von Savigny) - Universität Frankfurt (Prof. Ulrich Achatz) - Forschungszentrum Jülich (Dr. Peter Preusse) Memberships - Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG) - European Geophysical Union (EGU) - American Geophysical Union (AGU)

6 Publications (86 in peer-reviewed journals; 33 in conference proceedings and other manuscripts; 66 presentations at international conferences and external institutes; including 29 invited presentations;. h-index = 19; 1197 citations since 1998). 1. Peer-reviewed (as 1st author) 1. Rapp, M., and F.-J. Lübken, Modelling of positively charged aerosols in the polar summer mesopause region, Earth Plan. Space, 51, , Rapp, M., Capture rates of electrons and positive ions by mesospheric aerosol particles, J. Aerosol Sci., 31(11), , Rapp, M., and F.-J. Lübken, Electron temperature control of PMSE, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, , Rapp, M., and F.-J. Lübken, Modelling of particle charging in the polar summer mesosphere: Part 1 -- general results, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 63, , Rapp, M., J. Gumbel, and F.-J. Lübken, Absolute density measurements in the middle atmosphere, Ann. Geophys., 19, , Rapp, M., F.-J. Lübken, A. Müllemann, G. E. Thomas, and E. J. Jensen, Small scale temperature variations in the vicinity of NLC: Experimental and model results, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D19), doi : /2001JD001241, Rapp, M., J. Gumbel, F.-J. Lübken, and R. Latteck, D-region electron number density limits for the existence of polar mesosphere summer echoes, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D14), doi : /2001JD001323, Rapp, M., F.-J. Lübken, P. Hoffmann, R. Latteck, G. Baumgarten, and T. A. Blix, PMSE dependence on aerosol charge number density and aerosol size, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D8), 8441, doi: /2002JD002650, Rapp, M. and F.-J. Lübken, On the nature of PMSE: Electron diffusion in the vicinity of charged particles revisited, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D8), 8437, doi: / 2002JD002857, Rapp, M., F.-J. Lübken, and T. Blix, The role of charged ice particles in the creation of PMSE: A review of recent developments, Adv. Space Res., 31(9), , Rapp, M., F.-J. Lübken, and T. Blix, Small scale density variations of electrons and charged particles in the vicinity of polar mesosphere summer echoes, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 3, , Rapp, M., and F.-J. Lübken, Comment on The response time of PMSE to ionospheric heating by Belova et al., J. Geophys. Res., 108(D23), 4727, doi: / 2003JD003638, Rapp, M.., B. Strelnikov, F.-J. Lübken, and D. C. Fritts, Turbulence measurements and implications for gravity wave dissipation during the MaCWAVE/MIDAS rocket program, Geopyhs. Res. Lett., 31, L24S07, doi: /2003gl019325, Rapp, M. and F.-J. Lübken, Polar mesosphere summer echoes (PMSE): Review of observations and current understanding, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 4, , Rapp, M., J. Hedin, I. Strelnikova, M. Friedrich, J. Gumbel, and F.-J. Lübken, Observations of positively charged nanoparticles in the nighttime polar mesosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L23821, doi: /2005GL024676, Rapp, M. and U.-P. Hoppe, A reconsideration of spectral width measurements with EISCAT, 38, , Adv. Space Res., Rapp, M. and G. E. Thomas, Modeling the microphysics of mesospheric ice particles - Assessment of current capabilities and basic sensitivities, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 68, , Rapp, M., G. E. Thomas and G. Baumgarten, Spectral properties of mesospheric ice clouds: Evidence for non-spherical particles, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D03211, doi: /2006JD007322, 2007.

7 19. Rapp, M., I. Strelnikova, and J. Gumbel, Meteoric smoke particles: Evidence from rocket and radar techniques, Adv. Space Res., 40, , doi: /j.asr , Rapp, M., I. Strelnikova, R. Latteck, P. Hoffmann, U.-P. Hoppe, I. Häggström, and M. Rietveld, Polar Mesosphere Summer Echoes (PMSE) studied at Bragg wavelengths of 2.8 m, 67 cm, and 16 cm, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 70 (7), , Rapp, M. and I. Strelnikova, Measurements of meteor smoke particles during the ECOMA-2006 campaign: 1. particle detection by active photoionization, J. Atmos. Sol.-Terr. Phys., , doi: /j.jastp , Rapp, M., I. Strelnikova, B. Strelnikov, R. Latteck, G. Baumgarten, Q. Li, L. Megner, J. Gumbel, M. Friedrich, U.-P. Hoppe und S. Robertson, First in situ measurement of the vertical distribution of ice volume in a mesospheric ice cloud during the ECOMA/MASS rocket-campaign, Ann. Geophys., 27, , Rapp, M. and S. Robertson, Preface - ECOMA/MASS: aerosol particles near the polar summer mesopause, Ann. Geophys., 27, Rapp, M. und F.-J. Lübken, Comment on " Ice iron/sodium film as cause for high noctilucent cloud radar reflectivity" by P. M. Bellan, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D11204, doi: /2008jd011323, Rapp, M., Charging of mesospheric aerosol particles: The role of photodetachment and photoionization from meteoric smoke and ice particles, Ann. Geophys., 27, , Rapp,M., I. Strelnikova, B. Strelnikov, P. Hoffmann, M. Friedrich, J. Gumbel, L. Megner, U.-P. Hoppe, S. Robertson, S. Knappmiller, M. Wolff und D. R. Marsh, Rocket-borne in-situ measurements of meteor smoke: Charging properties and implications for seasonal variation, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00I16, doi: /2009jd012725, Rapp, M. and F.-J. Lübken, Reply to comment by P. M. Bellan on Comment on Ice iron/sodium film as a cause for high noctilucent cloud radar reflectivity, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D13207, doi: /2010JD014065, Rapp,M. I. Strelnikova, B. Strelnikov, M. Friedrich, J. Gumbel, U.-P. Hoppe, T. Blix, O. Havnes, P. Bracikowski, K. Lynch und S. Knappmiller, Microphysical properties of mesospheric aerosols: An overview of in situ-results from the ECOMA-project, in Aeronomy of the Earth's Atmosphere and Ionosphere, Springer-Book, edited by M. A. Abdu and D. Pancheva and A. Bhattacharyya, in press, Rapp, M., L. Leitert, R. Latteck, M. Zecha, P. Hoffmann, J. Höffner, U.-P. Hoppe, C. La Hoz, E. Thrane, Localized MST-radar echoes from the E-region at 69 N: Properties and physical mechanisms, J. Geophys. Res., doi: /2010JA016167, in press, Peer reviewed (as coauthor) 30. Lübken, F.-J., M. Rapp, T. Blix, and E. Thrane, Microphysical and turbulent measurements of the Schmidt number in the vicinity of polar mesosphere summer echoes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, , Belova, E., P. Chilson, M. Rapp, and S. Kirkwood, Electron temperature dependence of PMSE power: experimental and modelling results, Adv. Space Res., 28, , Lübken, F.-J., and M. Rapp, Modelling of particle charging in the polar summer mesosphere: Part 2 -- application to measurements, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 63, , Lübken, F.-J., M. Rapp, and P. Hoffmann, Neutral air turbulence and temperatures in the vicinity of polar mesosphere summer echoes, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D15), doi: /2002JG000915, Müllemann, A., M. Rapp, F.-J. Lübken, and P. Hoffmann, In situ measurements of mesospheric turbulence during spring transition of the arctic mesosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(10), doi: /2002GL014841, 2002.

8 35. Thayer, J., M. Rapp, A. Gerrard, and E. Gudmundsson, Arctic mesospheric cloud observations and characterization by the Sondrestrom, Greenland, Rayleigh lidar from 1994 through 2000, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D8), 8449, doi: /2002JD002363, Smiley, B., S. Robertson, M. Horanyi, T. Blix, M. Rapp, R. Latteck, and J. Gumbel, Measurement of positively and negatively charged particles inside PMSE during Midas Solstice 2001, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D8), 8444, doi: /2002JD002425, Stevens, M. H., J. Gumbel, C. R. Englert, K. U. Grossmann, M. Rapp and P. Hartogh, Polar mesospheric clouds formed from space shuttle exhaust, Geophys. Res. Lett, 30(10), 1546, doi: /2003GL017249, Blix, T. A., M. Rapp, and F.-J. Lübken, Relations between small scale electron number density fluctuations, radar backscatter and charged aerosol particles, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D8), 8450, /2002JD002430, Blix, T. A., J. K. Bekkeng, R. Latteck, F.-J. Lübken, M. Rapp, A. Schöch, W. Singer, B. Smiley, and B. Strelnikov, Rocket probing of PMSE and NLC results from the recent MIDAS/MACWAVE campaign, Adv. Space Res., 31(9), Lübken, F.-J., M. Rapp, and P. Hoffmann, Reply to J. Klostermeyer s comment on Neutral air turbulence and temperatures in the vicinity of polar mesosphere summer echoes, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D11), 4331, doi: /2003JD003512, Müllemann, M. Rapp, and F.-J. Lübken, Morphology of turbulent structures in the polar mesopause region during the MIDAS/SOLSTICE campaign in 2001, Adv. Space Res., 31(9), , Strelnikov, B., M. Rapp, and F.-J. Lübken, A new technique for the analysis of neutral air density fluctuations measured in situ in the middle atmosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(2), 2052, doi: /2003GL018271, Becker, E., A. Müllemann, F.-J. Lübken, H. Körnich, P. Hoffmann, and M. Rapp, High Rossbywave activity in austral winter 2002: Modulation of the general circulation of the MLT during the MaCWAVE/MIDAS northern summer program, Geopyhs. Res. Lett., 31, L24S03, doi: /2004gl019615, Fritts, D. C., B. Williams, J. She, J. Vance, M. Rapp, F.-J. Lübken, and R. A. Goldberg, Observations and dynamics of extreme temperature and velocity gradients near the summer mesopause during the summer MaCWAVE/MIDAS rocket program, Geopyhs. Res. Lett., 31, L24S04, doi: /2003gl019389, R. Goldberg, D. Fritts, B. Williams, F.-J. Lübken, M. Rapp, W. Singer, R. Latteck, P. Hoffmann, A. Müllemann, G. Baungarten, F. Schmidlin, C.-Y. She, and D. Krueger, The MaCWAVE/MIDAS Rocket and Ground-based Measurements of Polar Summer Dynamics: Overview and Mean State Structure, Geopyhs. Res. Lett., 31, L24S02, doi: /2004GL019411, Croskey, C. L., J. D. Mitchell, R. A. Goldberg, T. A. Blix, M. Rapp, R. Latteck, M. Friedrich, and B. Smiley, Coordinated investigation of plasma and neutral density fluctuations and particles during the MaCWAVE/MIDAS summer 2002 program, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L24S08, doi: /2004gl020169, Hoffmann, P., M. Rapp, A. Serafimovich, and R. Latteck, On the occurrence and formation of polar mesosphere summer echoes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L05812, doi: /2004gl021409, Engler, N., R. Latteck, B. Strelnikov,W. Singer, and M. Rapp, Turbulent energy dissipation rates observed by MST Radar and by rocket-borne instruments during the MIDAS/MaCWAVE campaign 2002, Ann. Geophys., 23, , Strelnikov, B., M. Rapp, T. Blix, N. Engler, J. Höffner, J. Lautenbach, F.-J. Lübken, B. Smiley, and M. Friedrich, In situ observations of small scale neutral and plasma dynamics in the mesosphere/ lower thermosphere at 79 N, Adv. Space Res.., 38(11), , Lübken, F.-J., B. Strelnikov, M. Rapp, W. Singer, R. Latteck, A. Brattli, U.-P. Hoppe, and M. Friedrich, The thermal and dynamical state of the atmosphere during polar mesosphere winter echoes, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 13-24, 2006.

9 51. Smiley, B., M. Rapp, T. A. Blix, S. Robertson, M. Horányi, R. Latteck, and J. Fiedler, The charge and size distribution of mesospheric aerosol particles measured inside NLC and PMSE during MIDAS MaCWAVE 2002, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 68, , Lehmacher, G., C. Croskey, J. Mitchell, M. Friedrich, F.-J. Lübken, M. Rapp, E. Kudeki, D. Fritts, Intense turbulence observed above a mesospheric temperature inversion at equatorial latitude, Geopyhs. Res. Lett.,.33, L08808, doi: /2005GL024345, Karlsson, B. and M. Rapp, Latitudinal dependence of noctilucent cloud growth, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L11812, doi: /2006gl025805, Megner, L., M. Rapp, and J. Gumbel, Sensitivity of meteoric smoke distribution to microphysical properties and atmospheric conditions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, , A. Brattli, T. A. Blix, Ø. Lie-Svendsen, U.-P. Hoppe, F.-J. Lübken, M. Rapp, W. Singer, R. Latteck, and M. Friedrich, Rocket measurements of positive ions during polar mesosphere winter echo conditions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, , Lübken, F.-J., M. Rapp, and I. Strelnikova, The sensitivity of mesospheric ice layers to atmospheric background temperatures and water vapor, Adv. Space Res., 40, , doi: /j.asr , Raizada, S., M. Rapp, F.-J. Lübken, J. Höffner, M. Zecha, J. M. C. Plane, The effect of ice particles on the mesospheric potassium layer at Spitsbergen (78 N), J. Geophys. Res., 112, D08307, doi: /2005jd006938, Hedin, J., J. Gumbel, and M. Rapp, On the efficiency of rocket-borne particle detection in the mesosphere, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, , von Savigny, C., J. P. Burrows, and M. Rapp, UV limb-scatter spectra of noctilucent clouds consistent with mono-modal particle size distribution, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L07802, doi: /2006gl028846, Strelnikova, I., M. Rapp, S. Raizada, and M Sulzer, Meteor smoke particle properties derived from Arecibo incoherent scatter radar observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L15815, doi: /2007gl030635, Megner, L., J. Gumbel, M. Rapp, and D. E. Siskind, Reduced meteoric smoke abundance at the summer pole: Implication for mesospheric ice particle nucleation, Adv. Space Res., 41, Megner, L., D. E. Siskind, M. Rapp, and J. Gumbel, Global and temporal distribution of meteoric smoke: A 2D simulation study, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D03202, doi: /2007jd009054, P. Hoffmann, M. Rapp, J. Fiedler und R. Latteck, Influence of tides and gravity waves on layering processes in the polar summer mesopause region, Ann. Geophys., 26, , B. Strelnikov, M. Rapp, M. Zecha, T. A. Blix, M. Friedrich und T. K. Yeoman, PMSE and E-region plasma instability: In situ observations, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 71, , doi: /j.jastp , I. Strelnikova, M. Rapp, B. Strelnikov, G. Baumgarten, A. Brattli, K. Svenes, U.-P. Hoppe, M. Friedrich, J. Gumbel and B. P. Williams, Measurements of meteor smoke particles during the ECOMA-2006 campaign: 2. results, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., , doi: /j.jastp , G. Baumgarten, J. Fiedler, K. H. Fricke, M. Gerding, M. Hervig, P. Hoffmann, N. Müller, P.-D. Pautet, M. Rapp, C. Robert, D. Rusch, C. von Savigny und W. Singer, The noctilucent cloud (NLC) display during the ECOMA/MASS sounding rocket flights on August 3, 2007: Morphology on global to local scales, Ann. Geophys., 27, , A. Brattli, O. Lie-Svendsen, K. Svenes, U.-P. Hoppe, I. Strelnikova, M. Rapp, R. Latteck und M. Friedrich, The ECOMA 2007 campaign: Rocket observations and numerical modelling of aerosol partricle charging and plasma depletion in a PMSE/NLC layer, Ann. Geophys., 27, , M. Friedrich, K. M. Torkar, W. Singer, I. Strelnikova, M. Rapp und S. Robertson, Signatures of Mesospheric Particles in Ionospheric data, Ann. Geophys., 27, , 2009.

10 69. B. Strelnikov, M. Rapp, I. Strelnikova, E. Engler und R. Latteck, Small-scale structures in neutrals and charged aerosol particles as observed during the ECOMA/MASS rocket ampaign, Ann. Geophys., 27, , Robertson, S., Horanyi, M., Knappmiller, S., Sternovsky, Z., Holzworth, R., Shimogawa, M., Friedrich, M., Torkar, K., Gumbel, J., Megner, L., Baumgarten, G., Latteck, R., Rapp, M., and Hoppe, U.-P.: Mass analysis of charged aerosol particles in NLC and PMSE during the ECOMA/MASS campaign, Ann. Geophys., 27, , F.-J. Lübken, J. Lautenbach, J. Höffner, M. Rapp und M. Zecha, First continuous temperature measurements within polar mesosphere summer echoes, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., , doi: /j.jastp , M. Friedrich and M. Rapp, News from the lower ionosphere: A review of recent developments, Surv. Geophys.. 30, , doi: /s , Fentzke, J. T., D. Janches, I. Strelnikova, and M. Rapp, Meteoric smoke particles derived using dual beam Arecibo UHF observations of D-region spectra during different seasons, J. Atmos. Sol.- Terr. Phys., 71, , I. Strelnikova and M. Rapp, Studies of polar mesosphere summer echoes with the EISCAT VHF and UHF radars: information contained in the spectral shape, Adv. Space Res., 45, , Q. Li, M. Rapp, J. Röttger, R. Latteck, M. Zecha, M. Hervig, C. Hall und M. Tsutsumi, Microphysical parameters of mesospheric ice clouds derived from calibrated observations of polar mesosphere summer echoes at Bragg wavelengths of 2.8 m and 30 cm, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00I13, doi: /2009JD012271, R. Latteck, W. Singer, M. Rapp und T. Renkwitz, MAARSY - the new MST Radar on Andøya/ Norway, Adv. Radio Sci., 8, , doi: /ars , M.-H. Stevens, D. E. Siskind, S. D. Eckermann, L. Coy, J. P. McCormack, C. R. Englert, K. W. Hoppel, K. Nielsen, A. J. Kochenash, M. E. Hervig, C. E. Randall, J. Lumpe, S. M. Bailey, M. Rapp, und P. Hoffmann, Tidally induced variations of PMC altitudes and ice water content using a data assimilation system, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D18209, doi: /2009jd013225, G. Baumgarten, J. Fiedler und M. Rapp, On microphysical processes of noctilucent clouds (NLC): Observations and modeling of mean and width of the particle size-distribution, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, , M. Placke, P. Hoffmann, E. Becker, Ch. Jacobi, W. Singer und M. Rapp, Gravity wave momentum fluxes in the MLT-Part II: Meteor Radar investigations at high and mid latitudes in comparison with modeling studies, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., doi: /j.jastp , in press, B. Strelnikov and M. Rapp, In-situ measurements of small scale structures in neutrals and charged aerosols, in Aeronomy of the Earth's Atmosphere and Ionosphere, Springer-Book, edited by M. A. Abdu and D. Pancheva and A. Bhattacharyya, in press, Q. Li und M. Rapp, PMSE-observations with the EISCAT VHF and UHF-Radars: Statistical properties, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., doi: /j.jastp , in press, M. Hervig, M. Rapp, R. Latteck, and L. Gordley, Observations of mesospheric ice particles from the ALWIN radar and SOFIE, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., doi: /j.jastp , in press, M. Friedrich, M. Rapp, J. M. C. Plane, K. M. Torkar, Bite-outs and other depletions of mesospheric electrons, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., doi: /j.jastp , in press, W. Singer, R. Latteck, M. Friedrich, M. Wakabayashi und M. Rapp, Seasonal and solar activity variability of D-region electron density at 69 N, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., doi: /j.jastp , I. Strelnikova and M. Rapp, Majority of PMSE spectral widths at UHF and VHF are compatible with a single scattering mechanism, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., doi: /j.jastp , in press, 2011.

11 86. S. Knappmiller, M. Rapp, S. Robertson, and J. Gumbel, Charging of meteoric smoke and ice particles in the mesosphere including photoemission and photodetachment rates, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., accepted, Conference proceedings and other manuscripts 1. Rapp, M. Kalibrierung des raketengetragenen Diodenlaser-Absorptionsspektrometers MASERATI, Diplomarbeit, Universität Bonn, BONN-IB-96-30, F.-J. Lübken and M. Rapp, Polar mesosphere summer echoes and their relationship to turbulence, charged aerosols, and the thermal structure near the mesopause. In Proceedings of the 13th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, Oeland, Sweden (ESA SP-397), pages , Eur. Space Agency, Neuilly, France, H. von Lucke, F. Dingler, M. Rapp, F.-J. Lübken, W.J. Riedel, and H. Wolf, The rocket-borne laser absorption spectrometer MASERATI: Scientific aims, experimental method, technical design, and laboratory tests. In Proceedings of the 13th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, Oeland, Sweden (ESA SP-397), pages , Eur. Space Agency, Neuilly, France, Rapp, M., Aerosol layers in the polar summer mesosphere: Interaction with the plasma of the D- region and dependence on temperature and dynamics, Dissertation, Universität Bonn, BONN-IR , Rapp, M., C. Unckell, F.-J. Lübken, and J. Gumbel. Absolute density measurements in the middle atmosphere - a calibration of rocket-borne ionization gauges in a wind tunnel. In Proceedings of the 14th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, Potsdam, Germany (ESA SP-437), pages , F.-J. Lübken, M. Rapp, J. Siebert, and K.-H. Fricke. The thermal and dynamical state of the upper atmosphere during the first flight of the NLTE campaign. In Proceedings of the 14th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, Potsdam, Germany (ESA SP-437), pages , J. Gumbel, M. Khaplanov, C. Unckell, and M. Rapp. Wind tunnel studies and simulations of rarefied aerodynamics. Proceedings of the 14th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, Potsdam, Germany (ESA SP-437), pages , J. Gumbel, M. Rapp, and C. Unckell. Aerodynamic aspects of rocket-borne in situ studies. Proceedings of the 14th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, Potsdam, Germany (ESA SP-437), pages , Rapp, M. and F.-J. Lübken. Recent model results on NLC and PMSE formation. Proceedings of the 15th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, Biarritz, France (ESA SP-471), pages , F.-J. Lübken, M. Rapp, and P. Hoffmann. Turbulence and temperatures in the upper summer mesosphere related to polar mesosphere summer echoes. Proceedings of the 15th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, Biarritz, France (ESA SP-471), pages , Müllemann, M. Rapp, and F.-J. Lübken. Insitu measurements of mesospheric turbulence during spring. Proceedings of the 15th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, Biarritz, France (ESA SP-471), pages , L. Gordley, M. Hervig, B. Marshall, J. Russell III, J. Kemp, and M. Rapp, Mapping the earth s cosmic dust layer by differential solar occultation, Spie proceedings, vol Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing X, edited by Marija Strojnik and Bjorn F. Andresen, (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2002), , 2002.

12 13. P.Hoffmann, M. Rapp, R. Latteck, A. Serafimovich, W. Singer, Multiple layer PMSE structures: Statistical results from six years of PMSE observations and possible physical explanations of their observed properties, Proceedings of the 16th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, St. Gallen, Switzerland (ESA SP-530), pages , M. Rapp, B. Strelnikov, S. Wilms, F.-J. Lübken, J. Gumbel and H. Henkel, A new detector for the in situ measurement of meteoric dust particles in the middle atmosphere, Proceedings of the 16th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, St. Gallen, Switzerland (ESA SP-530), pages , B. Strelnikov, M. Rapp, F.-J. Lübken, Wavelet analysis appled to neutral density fluctuations measured in situ in the middle atmosphere, Proceedings of the 16th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, St. Gallen, Switzerland (ESA SP-530), pages , R. A. Goldberg, D. C. Fritts, B. P. Williams, F. J. Schmidlin, C. L. Croskey, J. D. Mitchell, F.J. Lübken, M. Rapp, W. Singer, R. Latteck, T. A. Blix, M. Friedrich, S. Kirkwood, N. Mitchell, and K. Fricke, The MacWave program to study gravity wave forcing of the polar mesosphere during summer and winter, Proceedings of the 16th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, St. Gallen, Switzerland (ESA SP-530), pages , B. Smiley, M. Rapp, T. Blix, S. Robertson, M. Horányi, R. Latteck, Measuring the charge and size distribution of charged particles inside PMSE and NLC, Proceedings of the 16th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, St. Gallen, Switzerland (ESA SP-530), pages , T. Blix, O. Lie-Svendsen, U. Hoppe and M. Rapp, In situ observations of small scale structure in electrons, positive ions and charged aerosols in the presence of noctilucent clouds and polar mesosphere summer echoes, Proceedings of the 16th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, St. Gallen, Switzerland (ESA SP-530), pages , G. E. Thomas, M. Rapp, J. J. Olivero, E. P. Shettle, M. DeLand, Long-term variability in the brightness and occurrence frequency of mesospheric clouds explained by water vapor changes, Proceedings of the Mesospheric Cloud Meeting 2003, Galway, Ireland, Rapp, M., On the physics of polar mesosphere summer echoes, Habilitationsschrift, Universität Rostock, IAP-Nr. 08/2004, ISSN , Hedin, J., J. Gumbel, and M. Rapp, The aerodynamics of smoke particle sampling, Proceedings of the 17th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, Sandefjord, Norway (ESA SP-590), , B. Strelnikov, M. Rapp, T. A. Blix, and M.Friedrich, In situ observations of small scale plasma processes in the lower E-region at 79 N, Proceedings of the 17th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, Sandefjord, Norway (ESA SP-590), , Rapp, M., E. Becker, B. Strelnikov, and F.-J. Lübken, The latitude dependence and probability distribution of polar mesospheric turbulence, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 6, , Strelnikova, I. and M. Rapp, Meteor smoke particle signatures in D-region incoherent scatter radar spectra, Proceedings of the 18th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, Visby, Sweden (ESA SP-647), , N. Engler, W. Singer, R. Latteck, M. Rapp und B. Strelnikov, A case study of extrem aspect sensitive VHF radar backscatter in the vicinity of PMSE during the ECOMA 2008 rocket campaign, in Proceedings of the 19th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, 7-11 June 2009, Bad Reichenhall, Germany (ESA SP-671), G. A. Lehmacher, M. F. Larsen, S. Bilén, C. L. Croskey, J. D. Mitchell, F.-J. Lübken, M. Rapp und R. Collins, "Where is the Turbopause?" Rocket Campaign: Overview and first Results, in

13 Proceedings of the 19th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, 7-11 June 2009, Bad Reichenhall, Germany (ESA SP-671), B. Strelnikov, M. Rapp, I. Strelnikova, R. Latteck, N. Engler, T. A. Blix, U.-P. Hoppe und M. Friedrich, Small-scale structures in neutral and plasma species in the middle atmosphere as observed during the ECOMA rocket campaigns, in Proceedings of the 19th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, 7-11 June 2009, Bad Reichenhall, Germany (ESA SP-671), I. Strelnikova, M. Rapp, B. Strelnikov, G. Baumgarten, R. Latteck, M. Friedrich, U.-P. Hoppe und J. Gumbel, In situ studies of meteor smoke particles in the middle atmosphere during the ECOMArocket campaigns, in Proceedings of the 19th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, 7-11 June 2009, Bad Reichenhall, Germany (ESA SP-671), D. Petzsch, R. Barth, R. Matschos, R. Steinwehr, R. Püstow, B. Strelnikov und M. Rapp, Mondaro student experiment on the REXUS sounding rocket, , in Proceedings of the 19th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, 7-11 June 2009, Bad Reichenhall, Germany (ESA SP-671), P. Hoffmann, W. Singer, J. Bremer, E. Becker, D. Keuer, R. Latteck, N. Engler, M. Rapp, O. Zeller und M. Placke, Langjährige Radarbeobachtungen dynamischer Prozesse in der Mesosphäre in mittleren und hohen Breiten, 2, 7-8, in Mitteilungen der Deutschen Meteorologischen Gesellschaft, R. Latteck, W. Singer, M. Rapp und T. Renkwitz, The new MST Radar on Andøya/ Norway, in Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Technical and Scientific Aspects of MST Radar (MST12), May 2009, London/Ontario, Canada, Q. Li, M. Rapp, J. Röttger, R. Latteck, M. Zecha und C. Hall, Frequency dependence of PMSE: Results from simultaneous and common volume measurements with EISCAT Radars, in Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Technical and Scientific Aspects of MST Radar (MST12), May 2009, London/Ontario, Canada, M. Placke, Ch. Jacobi, P. Hoffmann, W. Singer, E. Becker, M. Rapp und G. Stober, Gravity wave momentum fluxes in the mesosphere/ lower thermosphere at high- and mid- latitudes, in Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Technical and Scientific Aspects of MST Radar (MST12), May 2009, London/Ontario, Canada, Presentations at international conferences and external institutes 1. M. Rapp, C. Unckell, F.-J. Lübken, and J. Gumbel, Absolute density measurements in the middle atmosphere a calibration of rocket borne ionisation gauges in a wind tunnel, 14 th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Ballon Programmes and Related Research, Potsdam, Germany 31 May 3 June, M. Rapp and F.-J. Lübken, Modelling of particle charging: On the fingerprints of NLC and PMSE particles in the ambient plasma, 14 th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Ballon Programmes and Related Research, Potsdam, Germany 31 May 3 June, M. Rapp, Turbulence measurements during the MIDAS/DROPPS program (July 1999), MIDAS/DROPPS workshop, Oslo, Norway, 12 June 14 June M. Rapp and F.-J. Lübken, Small scale temperature variations in the vicinity of NLC, 33 rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Warsaw, Poland, 19 July M. Rapp and F.-J. Lübken, Charging of aerosol particles in the polar summer mesosphere: model and application, 33 rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Warsaw, Poland, 19 July M. Rapp and F.-J. Lübken, Leuchtende Nachtwolken: Abbild der thermischen und dynamischen Struktur der polaren Mesopause im Sommer, Frühjahrstagung des Fachverbandes Umweltphysik der DPG, Hamburg, Germany, 20 March 2001

14 7. M. Rapp and F.-J. Lübken, OPOSSUM: Physik der kleinskaligen Schichten der oberen Mesosphäre, Kickoff Meeting des BMBF-Forschungsprogramms AFO-2000, Jena, Germany, 23. April M. Rapp and F.-J. Lübken, ECOMA: Existence and charge state of meteoric dust grains in the middle atmosphere, Präsentation vor dem Gutachterausschuss Extraterrestrik des DLR, Bonn, Germany, 8 May M. Rapp, F.-J. Lübken, A. Müllemann, G. E. Thomas, and E. Jensen, Small scale temperature variations in the vicinity of NLC: Experimental and model results (Invited), Spring meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Boston, USA, 30 May M. Rapp, F.-J. Lübken, A. Müllemann, R. Latteck, and G. E. Thomas, NLC and PMSE: Rocket borne observations and microphysical modelling (Invited), International workshop on layered phenomena in the mesopause region, Monterey, USA, 10 October M. Rapp, J. Gumbel, F.-J. Lübken, and R. Latteck, D-region electron number density limits for the existence of polar mesosphere summer echoes, (poster), 27th European Geophysical Society General Assembly, Nice, France, April M. Rapp, F.-J. Lübken, and T. A. Blix, The role of charged ice particles for the creation of PMSE: a Review (Invited), 34 th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Houston, USA, 16 October M. Rapp, Charged ice particles and the physics of PMSE (Invited), Seminar given at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA, 22 October M. Rapp, F.-J. Lübken, and W. Singer, Electron diffusion in the vicinity of charged aerosol particles revisited: Do we finally understand PMSE? (Invited), MST 10 workshop, Piura, Peru, 3 May M. Rapp and F.-J. Lübken, Polar Mesosphere Summer Echoes: A long standing scientific problem finally resolved?, 16 th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Ballon Programmes and Related Research, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 3 June M. Rapp, B. Strelnikov, S. Wilms, F.-J. Lübken, J. Gumbel, and H. Henkel, A new detector for the in situ measurement of meteoric dust particles in the middle atmosphere, 16 th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Ballon Programmes and Related Research, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 5 June M. Rapp and F.-J. Lübken, In situ measurements of upper atmospheric turbulence (Invited), Warnemünde turbulence days, Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde, Germany, 17 September M. Rapp, Ice- and meteoric dust particles in the polar mesopause region, Planetologisches Kolloquium (Invited), Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 12. November M. Rapp and F.-J. Lübken, Understanding of polar mesosphere summer echoes: Where do we stand?, Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, USA, December M. Rapp, A review and critical assessment of the hydrodynamic theory of PMSE (Invited), 35 th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Paris, France, July M. Rapp and U.-P. Hoppe, A reconsideration of spectral width measurements in PMSE with EISCAT, 35 th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Paris, France, July M. Rapp, J. Gumbel and U.-P. Hoppe, Is there evidence for meteoric dust particles in the observational data set?, Workshop on Layered Phenomena in the Mesopause Region, Cambridge, UK, 14 September M. Rapp et al., The large and small scale dynamical state of the summer mesosphere during the MIDAS/MaCWAVE campaign: Evidence for interhemispheric coupling, Workshop on Layered Phenomena in the Mesopause Region, Cambridge, UK, 14 September M. Rapp et al., In situ observations of charged particles in the polar winter mesosphere: first results (Invited), EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April M. Rapp, Ice and meteor smoke particles in the polar mesosphere (Invited), Seminar given at the School for Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, 5 April M. Rapp et al., In situ evidence for charged particles in the winter mesosphere, 17 th ESA

15 Symposium on European Rocket and Ballon Programmes and Related Research, Sandefjord, Norway, 3 June M. Rapp, Polar mesospheric clouds: Current understanding of microphysical processes and interpretation of observations (Invited), Seminar given at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA, 31 October M. Rapp, I. Strelnikova, and J. Röttger, Mesospheric aerosol particles studied with the European Incoherent Scatter radars (EISCAT), EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April M. Rapp, Meteor smoke particles in the middle atmosphere (Invited), Seminar given at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, Oslo, Norway, 5 May M. Rapp, G. E. Thomas, and G. Baumgarten, Spectral properties of mesospheric ice particles require a scattering theory for non-spherical particles, Workshop on ice layers in the summer mesosphere, Kühlungsborn, Germany, May M. Rapp and I. Strelnikova, Meteor smoke particles in the middle atmosphere can they be measured with EISCAT?, Yearly meeting of the CAWSES research focus funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG), Kühlungsborn, Germany, May M. Rapp, G. E. Thomas, and G. Baumgarten, Spectral properties of mesospheric ice particles require a scattering theory for non-spherical particles, 36 th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Beijing, China, July M. Rapp, I. Strelnikova, and Jörg Gumbel, Meteoric smoke particles studied by rocket and radar techniques, 36 th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Beijing, China, July M. Rapp, Polar Mesosphere Summer Echoes: Benchmark for our understanding of the polar summer mesopause region (Invited), Seminar given at the Chinese Institute of Radiowave Propagation, Beijing, China, 18 July M. Rapp, I. Strelnikova, B. Strelnikov, G. Baumgarten, R. Latteck, F.-J. Lübken, U.-P. Hoppe, A. Brattli, K. Svenes, M. Friedrich, J. Gumbel, J. Stegman, T. Waldemarsson, Frank Giovane, Bifford P. Williams, ECOMA: Project overview and initial results, 17 th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Ballon Programmes and Related Research, Visby, Sweden, 3-7 June M. Rapp and I. Strelnikova, Meteor smoke particles studied with rocket and radar techniques (Invited), 24 th IUUG General Assembly, Perugia, Italy, 2-13 July, M. Rapp, Mikrophysik mesosphärischer Aerosolpartikel: Neue Ergebnisse und offene Fragen, Seminar über aktuelle Forschungsthemen der Meteorologie (Invited), Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, M. Rapp, I. Strelnikova, B. Strelnikov, R. Latteck, and G. Baumgarten, U.-P. Hoppe and A. Brattli, M. Friedrich, J. Gumbel, L. Megner, K.-H. Fricke, S. Robertson and Z. Sternovsky, R. Holzworth, Measurements of Meteor Smoke and Ice Particles during the ECOMA-2006 and ECOMA/MASS-2007 Rocket Campaigns, Poster presented at the Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, Dezember M. Rapp, EISCAT-Messungen zur Physik mesosphärischer Aerosolschichten im Rahmen von CAWSES, DPG Frühjahrstagung (Invited, Hauptvortrag), Freiburg, M. Rapp, Die mittleren Atmosphäre: Ein groß(artig)es Physiklabor, Antrittsvorlesung im Rahmen des Fakultätskolloquiums der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Rostock, Rostock, M. Rapp, Dünne Eiswolken an der polaren Sommermesopause: mikrophysikalisches Verständnis und Zukunftsperspektiven, Gemeinsames Meteorologisches Kolloquium der Universität Frankfurt und Universität Mainz (Invited), Institut für Atmosphäre und Umwelt der Universität Frankfurt, M. Rapp, I. Strelnikova and Q. Li, Mesospheric aerosol particles: New results from radar soundings and rocket borne in situ measurements (Invited), 37 th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Montreal, Kanada, July 2008.