First observation of one noctilucent cloud by a twin lidar in two different directions

• Main Authors: Baumgarten, G., Lübken, F.-J., Fricke, K. H.
• Other Authors: Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik (IAP), Universität Rostock-Leibniz Association, Physikalisches Institut Bonn, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2002
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Norway; Alomar; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00317402; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00317402/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00317402/file/angeo-20-1863-2002.pdf

International audience In the early morning hours of 14 July 1999, a noctilucent cloud (NLC) was observed simultaneously by the two branches of a twin lidar system located at the ALOMAR observatory in northern Norway (69° N). The telescopes of the two lidars were pointing vertical (L ^ ) and off the...