NLC and the background atmosphere above ALOMAR

• Main Authors: Fiedler, J., Baumgarten, G., Berger, U., Hoffmann, P., Kaifler, N., Lübken, F.-J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: München : European Geopyhsical Union 2011
• Subjects: cloud microphysics; data set; diurnal variation; Mie theory; polar mesospheric cloud; radar imagery; 550; Norway; Alomar; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.34657/1146; https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/729

Noctilucent clouds (NLC) have been measured by the Rayleigh/Mie/Raman-lidar at the ALOMAR research facility in Northern Norway (69° N, 16° E). From 1997 to 2010 NLC were detected during more than 1850 h on 440 different days. Colocated MF-radar measurements and calculations with the Leibniz-Institut...