ACPD: Seasonal changes in gravity wave activity measured by lidars at mid-latitudes

under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Seasonal changes in gravity wave activity measured by lidars at mid-latitudes M. Rauthe1,*, M. Gerding1, and F.-J. Lübken1 1Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik an der Universität Rostock, Kühlungsborn, Germany *now at: Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung, Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany Abstract. More than 230 nights of temperature measurements between 1 and 105 km have been performed at the Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics in Kühlungsborn with a combination of two different lidars, i.e. a Rayleigh-Mie-Raman lidar and a potassium lidar. About 1700 h of measurements have been collected between 2002 and 2006. Apart from some gaps due to the adverse weather conditions the measurements are well distributed throughout the year. Comprehensive... [read full story]