Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK-IFU), Kreuzeck-bahnstr. 19, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK-IFU), Kreuzeck-bahnstr. 19, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Michael Bittner
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR), Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum (DFD), 82234 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Universität Augsburg, Institut für Physik, 86159 Augsburg, Germany
Gerald Nedoluha
Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20375, USA
A powerful lidar system has been installed at the high-altitude observatory Schneefernerhaus (2575 m) to allow for atmospheric temperature measurements up to more than 80 km within just one hour. The temperature profiles are calibrated by values obtained from chemiluminscence of the hydroxyl radical around 86 km. The temperature profiles are successfully compared with satellite and lidar data.
A powerful lidar system has been installed at the high-altitude observatory Schneefernerhaus...