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

• Main Authors: J. Höffner, C. Fricke-Begemann, F.-J. Lübken
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2003
• Subjects: Physics; QC1-999; Chemistry; QD1-999; Svalbard; Longyearbyen; Alomar; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/5ff8909a90064b44a5f9b92ad3f9208f

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 temperatures from the lower the...