Noctilucent clouds and the mesospheric water vapour: the past decade

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: Zahn, U., Baumgarten, G., Berger, U., Fiedler, J., Hartogh, P.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Alomar; Arctic; albedo
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-4-2449-2004; https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/4/2449/2004/

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 mixing ratio f(H 2 O) for th...