The red sky enigma over Svalbard in December 2002: a model using polar stratospheric clouds
An anomalous red glow due to scattered sunlight was observed at Longyearbyen (78° N, 15° E) on 6 December 2002 from 07:30UT to 13:30UT when the solar zenith angle varied between 100.7° and 104°. A model for this red sky event using sunlight scattered in a two stage process by Polar Stratospheric Clo...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:1955b5ea0183487db8d7f35e1d4212c3 2023-05-15T17:08:27+02:00 The red sky enigma over Svalbard in December 2002: a model using polar stratospheric clouds N. D. Lloyd D. A. Degenstein F. Sigernes E. J. Llewellyn D. A. Lorentzen 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-23-1603-2005 https://doaj.org/article/1955b5ea0183487db8d7f35e1d4212c3 EN eng Copernicus Publications https://www.ann-geophys.net/23/1603/2005/angeo-23-1603-2005.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/0992-7689 https://doaj.org/toc/1432-0576 doi:10.5194/angeo-23-1603-2005 0992-7689 1432-0576 https://doaj.org/article/1955b5ea0183487db8d7f35e1d4212c3 Annales Geophysicae, Vol 23, Pp 1603-1610 (2005) Science Q Physics QC1-999 Geophysics. Cosmic physics QC801-809 article 2005 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-23-1603-2005 2022-12-30T22:15:09Z An anomalous red glow due to scattered sunlight was observed at Longyearbyen (78° N, 15° E) on 6 December 2002 from 07:30UT to 13:30UT when the solar zenith angle varied between 100.7° and 104°. A model for this red sky event using sunlight scattered in a two stage process by Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSC) at 25km is presented and demonstrated to be feasible. The model requires a significant fraction of the polar vortex, which is cold enough for the formation of ice PSC, to be occupied with PSC with an integrated vertical extinction of approximately 0.037 at 845nm. Given these conditions, the model is able to predict, within an order of magnitude, the spatial distribution of intensities measured by meridional scanning photometers located at Longyearbyen across the visible and near infra-red spectrum. Keywords. Aerosols and particles; Transmission and scattering of radiation; Polar Meteorology Article in Journal/Newspaper Longyearbyen Svalbard Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Svalbard Longyearbyen Annales Geophysicae 23 5 1603 1610 |
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An anomalous red glow due to scattered sunlight was observed at Longyearbyen (78° N, 15° E) on 6 December 2002 from 07:30UT to 13:30UT when the solar zenith angle varied between 100.7° and 104°. A model for this red sky event using sunlight scattered in a two stage process by Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSC) at 25km is presented and demonstrated to be feasible. The model requires a significant fraction of the polar vortex, which is cold enough for the formation of ice PSC, to be occupied with PSC with an integrated vertical extinction of approximately 0.037 at 845nm. Given these conditions, the model is able to predict, within an order of magnitude, the spatial distribution of intensities measured by meridional scanning photometers located at Longyearbyen across the visible and near infra-red spectrum. Keywords. Aerosols and particles; Transmission and scattering of radiation; Polar Meteorology |
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The red sky enigma over Svalbard in December 2002: a model using polar stratospheric clouds |
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The red sky enigma over Svalbard in December 2002: a model using polar stratospheric clouds |
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