Noctilucent clouds and the mesospheric water vapour: the past decade

• Main Authors: von Zahn, U., Baumgarten, G., Berger, U., Fiedler, J., Hartogh, P.
• Other Authors: Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics (AIP), Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung = Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2004
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Arctic; Alomar; albedo
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00295564; https://hal.science/hal-00295564/document; https://hal.science/hal-00295564/file/acp-4-2449-2004.pdf

International audience The topic of this paper is the sensitivity of the brightness of noctilucent clouds (NLC) on the ambient water vapour mixing ratio f(H 2 O). Firstly, we use state-of-the-art models of NLC layer formation to predict NLC brightness changes in response to changes in the 80km mixin...