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

• Main Authors: Höffner, J., Fricke-Begemann, C., Lübken, F.-J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: München : European Geopyhsical Union 2003
• Subjects: 550; Alomar; Longyearbyen; Svalbard; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.34657/973; https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/360

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...