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

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: Höffner, J., Fricke-Begemann, C., Lübken, F.-J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2003
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Alomar; Longyearbyen; Svalbard; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-3-1101-2003; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00049393; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00049013/acp-3-1101-2003.pdf; https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/3/1101/2003/acp-3-1101-2003.pdf

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...