The ALOMAR Rayleigh/Mie/Raman lidar: objectives, configuration, and performance

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: von Zahn, U., von Cossart, G., Fiedler, J., Fricke, K. H., Nelke, G., Baumgarten, G., Rees, D., Hauchecorne, Alain, Adolfsen, K.
• Other Authors: Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik (IAP), Universität Rostock-Leibniz Association, Physikalisches Institut Bonn, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Hovemere Ltd., Service d'aéronomie (SA), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Andøya Rocket Range
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2000
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Alomar; Arctic; Norway; Andenes
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00329143; https://hal.science/hal-00329143/document; https://hal.science/hal-00329143/file/angeo-18-815-2000.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-000-0815-2

International audience We report on the development and current capabilities of the ALOMAR Rayleigh/Mie/Raman lidar. This instrument is one of the core instruments of the international ALOMAR facility, located near Andenes in Norway at 69°N and 16°E. The major task of the instrument is to perform ad...