Summary

A Rayleigh lidar was operated at Kingston, Tasmania on 22 nights between March 1997 and April 1999. During this interval, profiles of scattering ratio obtained from the lidar data indicate that the stratospheric aerosol layer extended up to a maximum altitude of about 34km. The standard Rayleigh lidar inversion technique was applied to the data to yield profiles of temperature between the top of the aerosol layer and 60 km altitude. Mean temperatures in the stratopause region show a seasonal trend consistent with predictions of the MSISE-90 climatological model.

Authors:Klekociuk A.R. Publisher: Australian Antarctic Division Published in: 2001 Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature Program area: Space and Atmospheric Sciences
Klekociuk A.R. (2001) Rayleigh lidar measurements of mean stratopause region temperatures above Kingston, Tasmania (43.0ªS, 147ªE) between March 1997 and April 1999, ANARE Reports 146. 25–38;

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