NLC and the background atmosphere above ALOMAR

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: Fiedler, J., Baumgarten, G., Berger, U., Hoffmann, P., Kaifler, N., Lübken, F.-J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2011
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Alomar; Norway; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-5701-2011; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00046571; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00046191/acp-11-5701-2011.pdf; https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/11/5701/2011/acp-11-5701-2011.pdf

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...