Noctilucent clouds: Modern ground-based photographic observations by a digital camera network

Audrius Dubietis; Peter Dalin; Ričardas Balčiunas; Kazimieras Černis; Nikolay Pertsev; Vladimir Sukhodoev; Vladimir Perminov; Mark Zalcik; Alexander Zadorozhny; Martin Connors; Ian Schofield; Tom McEwan; Iain McEachran; Soeren Frandsen; Ole Hansen; Holger Andersen; Jesper Grønne; Dmitry Melnikov; Alexander Manevich; Vitaly Romejko

doi:10.1364/AO.50.000F72

Noctilucent clouds: Modern ground-based photographic observations by a digital camera network

Audrius Dubietis, Peter Dalin, Ričardas Balčiunas, Kazimieras Černis, Nikolay Pertsev, Vladimir Sukhodoev, Vladimir Perminov, Mark Zalcik, Alexander Zadorozhny, Martin Connors, Ian Schofield, Tom McEwan, Iain McEachran, Soeren Frandsen, Ole Hansen, Holger Andersen, Jesper Grønne, Dmitry Melnikov, Alexander Manevich, Vitaly Romejko

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Abstract

Noctilucent, or "night-shining," clouds (NLCs) are a spectacular optical nighttime phenomenon that is very often neglected in the context of atmospheric optics. This paper gives a brief overview of current understanding of NLCs by providing a simple physical picture of their formation, relevant observational characteristics, and scientific challenges of NLC research. Modern ground-based photographic NLC observations, carried out in the framework of automated digital camera networks around the globe, are outlined. In particular, the obtained results refer to studies of single quasi-stationary waves in the NLC field. These waves exhibit specific propagation properties-high localization, robustness, and long lifetime-that are the essential requisites of solitary waves.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	F72-F79
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	50
Issue number	28
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.50.000F72
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct. 2011

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Dubietis, A., Dalin, P., Balčiunas, R., Černis, K., Pertsev, N., Sukhodoev, V., Perminov, V., Zalcik, M., Zadorozhny, A., Connors, M., Schofield, I., McEwan, T., McEachran, I., Frandsen, S., Hansen, O., Andersen, H., Grønne, J., Melnikov, D., Manevich, A., & Romejko, V. (2011). Noctilucent clouds: Modern ground-based photographic observations by a digital camera network. Applied Optics, 50(28), F72-F79. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.50.000F72

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