Quantification of waves in lidar observations of noctilucent clouds at scales from seconds to minutes

• Main Authors: Kaifler, N., Baumgarten, G., Fiedler, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Göttingen : Copernicus 2013
• Subjects: amplitude; brightness temperature; displacement; gravity wave; lidar; Mie theory; polar mesospheric cloud; Raman spectroscopy; Rayleigh wave; Norway; 550; Alomar; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.34657/4267; https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/5638

We present small-scale structures and waves observed in noctilucent clouds (NLC) by lidar at an unprecedented temporal resolution of 30 s or less. The measurements were taken with the Rayleigh/Mie/Raman lidar at the ALOMAR observatory in northern Norway (69 N) in the years 2008-2011. We find multipl...