Lidar observations of polar mesospheric clouds at Rothera, Antarctica (67.5 degrees S, 68.0 degrees W)

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Chu, Xinzhao, Nott, Graeme J., Espy, Patrick J., Gardner, Chester S., Diettrich, Jan C., Clilverd, Mark A., Jarvis, Martin J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2004
• Subjects: Meteorology and Climatology; Physics; Atmospheric Sciences; Chemistry; Austral; Rothera; South Pole; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12121/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12121/1/2003GL018638.pdf; http://www.agu.org/journals/gl/gl0402/2003GL018638/2003GL018638.pdf

Polar mesospheric clouds (PMC) were observed by an Fe Boltzmann temperature lidar at Rothera (67.5degreesS, 68.0degreesW), Antarctica in the austral summer of 2002-2003.The Rothera PMC are much weaker, less frequent, and not as high as the PMC observed at the South Pole. The mean PMC altitude is 83....