Kaifler, Natalie and Kaifler, Bernd and Wilms, Henrike and Rapp, Markus and Stober, G. and Jacobi, Christoph (2017) Lidar temperature measurements during a rare mid-latitude noctilucent cloud event. 13th International Workshop on Layered Phenomena in the Mesopause Region (LPMR), 2017-09-28 - 2017-09-22, Kühlungsborn, Germany. (Unpublished)
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Abstract
We present lidar soundings of the only noctilucent cloud event recorded above GERES station in the Bavarian Forest (48.8 N, 13.7 E) during the 2016 season. A single thin NLC layer was observed for several hours at a low mean altitude of 81.1 km. Due to darkness and the high power of the CORAL lidar, Rayleigh temperatures could be obtained between 30 and 86 km altitude, reaching well above the NLC layer. By density interpolation, we estimate temperatures also within the NLC layer. Interestingly, we find high temperatures directly above the NLC layer which is embedded in a cold region extending well below the layer. Using meteor radar data, we argue that the NLC did not nucleate at the site of observation but was meridionally transported from higher latitudes during a 2-day planetary wave event. The NLC was unusally bright given the latitude and during observation, the layer was subject to variations with periods ranging from 11 min to 60 min. We bring small scale variations in NLC centroid altitude and brightness in relation with gravity wave structures inferred from temperature measurements. The lidar measurements reveals that the NLC layer resides in the cold phases of gravity waves passing through the mesosphere, lower thermosphere region.
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Document Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Speech) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title: | Lidar temperature measurements during a rare mid-latitude noctilucent cloud event | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date: | 19 September 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Refereed publication: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status: | Unpublished | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Keywords: | noctilucent clouds, polar mesospheric clouds, mid-latitude, lidar, mesospheric temperature | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Title: | 13th International Workshop on Layered Phenomena in the Mesopause Region (LPMR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Location: | Kühlungsborn, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Type: | Workshop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Start Date: | 28 September 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event End Date: | 22 September 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organizer: | Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik, Kühlungsborn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program: | Space | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | Earth Observation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Raumfahrt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Program: | R EO - Earth Observation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | R - Middle Atmosphere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location: | Oberpfaffenhofen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Atmospheric Physics > Lidar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Kaifler, Dr. Natalie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 25 Sep 2017 12:15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2024 20:18 |
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