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PMSE, NLC AND TEMPERATURE OBSERVATIONDURING THE ROMA-2001 CAMPAIGNMarius Zecha (1) , Jürgen Röttger (2) , Franz-Josef Lübken (1) , Josef Höffner (1) ,Cord Fricke-Begemann (1) , and Arno Müllemann (1)(1)Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik, Kühlungsborn, Germany(2)Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie, Katlenburg-Lindau, GermanyMotivationCharacteristics of the polar summer mesosphereTemperature• very low in the upper mesosphere, typically less than 150 K• cold enough for water ice particles to exist (i.e., the degree of saturation is larger thanunity assuming reasonable H 2 O-values)Noctilucent clouds (NLC)• optical phenomenon in the summer sky at latitudes north of 50°N• based on scatter of sunlight by small ice particles, which can only exist close to thevery cold summer mesopause• observable by eyes south of the polar circle soon after sunset, and by lidar/satellitecontinuously and in polar regions tooPolar mesosphere summer echoes (PMSE)• very intense radar echoes• occur only during summer a few kilometers below the mesopause• closely related to charged ice particles which reduce the diffusivity of electrons suchthat very small spatial scale structures in the electron gas can existGoal of the campaign ROMA (Rocket borne Observation in the Middle Atmosphere) in 2001• simultaneous observation of PMSE by radar, NLC by lidar, and temperature bymeteorological rockets• all instruments were located very close together near Longyearbyen (78N/16E) on thenorth polar island Spitsbergen• these are the first combined measurements at these latitudes• the data should allow a detailed study of creation mechanisms of layers near thesummer mesopause, its dependence on the thermal structure and its variation <strong>with</strong>latitude and seasonInstrumentsMeteorological rockets• temperature measurements using the “falling sphere” (FS) techniquePotassium lidar• NLC obsevation by the mobile lidar of the IAP KühlungsbornSOUSY Svalbard Radar• PMSE observation (Röttger, 2001)• operating frequency 53.5 MHz, peak power 70 kW• phased antenna array, 356 <strong>single</strong> Yagis, beam width 4 deg• standard height resolution 300m142

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