First observations of noctilucent clouds by lidar at Svalbard, 78°N

• Main Authors: Höffner, J., Fricke-Begemann, C., Lübken, F.-J.
• Other Authors: Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik (IAP), Universität Rostock-Leibniz Association
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2003
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Svalbard; Longyearbyen; Alomar; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00295307; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00295307/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00295307/file/acp-3-1101-2003.pdf

International audience In summer 2001 a potassium lidar was installed near Longyearbyen (78° N) on the north polar island of Spitsbergen which is part of the archipelago Svalbard. At the same place a series of meteorological rockets ("falling spheres", FS) were launched which gave temperat...