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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3707-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Mesospheric temperature soundings with the new, daylight-capable IAP RMR lidar
Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kühlungsborn, Germany
Maren Kopp
Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kühlungsborn, Germany
Josef Höffner
Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kühlungsborn, Germany
Kathrin Baumgarten
Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kühlungsborn, Germany
Franz-Josef Lübken
Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University, Kühlungsborn, Germany
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Short summary
Temperature soundings by lidar are an important tool for the understanding of the middle atmosphere, including gravity waves and tides. Though, mesospheric lidar soundings at daytime are rare. We describe a daylight-capable RMR lidar with optical bandwidths in the range of the Doppler broadened laser backscatter. We account for the systematic temperature error induced by the optical filter, and present examples of daylight-independent temperature sounding as well as tidal analysis.
Temperature soundings by lidar are an important tool for the understanding of the middle...