The red-sky enigma over Svalbard in December 2002

• Main Authors: Sigernes, F., Shumilov, N., Lloyd, N., Havnes, O., Lorentzen, D.A., Neuber, R., Hoppe, Ulf-Peter, Degenstein, D., Moen, J., Gjessing, Y., Skartveit, A., Raustein, E., Ørbæk, J.B., Deehr, C.S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: European Geosciences Union 2005
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Fysikk: 430::Rom- og plasmafysikk: 437; VDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Meteorologi: 453; Atmospheric composition and structure; Transmissions and scattering of radiation; Middle atmosphere; Instruments and techniques; History of geophysics; Atmospheric Sciences; The red-sky phenomena; composition and chemistry; Svalbard; Ny-Ålesund; Longyearbyen; Norway; Adventdalen; Ny Ålesund
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/580

On 6 December 2002, during winter darkness, an extraordinary event occurred in the sky, as viewed from Longyearbyen (78° N, 15° E), Svalbard, Norway. At 07:30 UT the southeast sky was surprisingly lit up in a deep red colour. The light increased in intensity and spread out across the sky, and at 10:...