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

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 low...

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Main Authors: J. Höffner, C. Fricke-Begemann, F.-J. Lübken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2003-01-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/3/1101/2003/acp-3-1101-2003.pdf