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Surface Renewal: An Advanced Micrometeorological Method for Measuring and Processing Field-Scale Energy Flux Density Data
Published on: December 12, 2013
Daylight measurements of mesopause temperature and vertical wind with the mobile scanning iron lidar
Josef Höffner1, Jens Lautenbach
1Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik e.V, Universität Rostock, Schloss-Strasse 6, D-18225 Kühlungsborn, Germany. hoeffner@iap-kborn.de
Abstract:
We report on what we believe to be the first continuous daytime measurements of temperature and vertical wind with a mobile scanning iron lidar. The favorable combination of low backscatter coefficient, high number density, narrow resonance line, and strong Fraunhofer line allows nearly background-free observations during daylight. Owing to the low backscatter coefficient at 386 nm the Fe lidar can operate at a field of view of 54 microrad, which permits efficient spectral filtering with a compact double etalon.
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