Lidar Measurements of Middle and Lower Atmosphere Properties during the LADIMAS Campaign
Document ID: 82
Philbrick, C. Russell
Lysak, Jr., Daniel B.
Stevens, Timothy D.
Haris, Paul A. T.
Rau, Yi -Chung
The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Electrical Engineering and Applied Research Laboratory,University Park, PA, U.S.A.
Presented: 11th ESA Symposium European Rocket and Balloon Programmes & Related Research
Montreux, Switzerland, 24-28 May 1993
Abstract
The results of the LAtitudinal •DIstribution of Middle Atmosphere Structure (LADIMAS) experiment have provided a unique data set to improve our understanding of the middle atmosphere properties. The project included coordinated ship-board measurements between 70N to 65S and measurements at the Andoya rocket range to study the structure, dynamics and chemistry of the atmosphere. Results on dynamical processes; such as gravity waves, as well as, the formation of the layers of meteoric ion and neutral species, have been obtained using lidars, digisonde, microwave radiometer, and spectrometers. The cooperative study of the atmosphere was undertaken by researchers from several laboratories, including Penn State University, University Bonn, University Wuppertal, Lowell University, and others. Instruments were assembled aboard the German research vessel RV Polarstem while this vessel was sailing from the Arctic to the Antarctic between October 8, 1991 and January 2, 1992. An overview of the results from the PSU lidar investigation is presented here.