Middle Atmospheric Doppler Rayleigh Winds, Temperatures, and Gravity Waves at Kühlungsborn and ALOMAR

Robin Wing; Michael Gerding; Eframir Franco-Diaz; Irina Strelnikova; Mohamed Mossad; Jens Fiedler; Fede Conte; Gerd Baumgarten

doi:10.1051/epjconf/202636204007

Open Access

Issue		EPJ Web Conf. Volume 362, 2026 31^st International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 31) Held Together with the 22^nd Coherent Laser Radar Conference (CLRC 22)


Article Number		04007
Number of page(s)		4
Section		Lidar Measurements in the Stratosphere, Mesosphere, and Thermosphere
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202636204007
Published online		09 April 2026

EPJ Web of Conferences 362, 04007 (2026)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202636204007

Middle Atmospheric Doppler Rayleigh Winds, Temperatures, and Gravity Waves at Kühlungsborn and ALOMAR

Robin Wing, Michael Gerding, Eframir Franco-Diaz, Irina Strelnikova, Mohamed Mossad, Jens Fiedler, Fede Conte and Gerd Baumgarten

Leibniz Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn, Germany Lead Author e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Published online: 9 April 2026

Abstract

We demonstrate the capability of the Doppler Rayleigh lidars at Kühlungsborn and ALOMAR to accurately measure temperature and horizontal wind in the stratosphere and mesosphere. Comparisons are shown with radar, satellite and ECMWF. By exploiting the daylight capabilities of the ALOMAR lidar, we can produce high quality vertical and temporal gravity wave spectra in both winds and temperatures. Then using our simultaneous observations of T, u, and v, we can reconstruct quasi-monochromatic gravity wave packets and solve for all gravity wave characteristics including momentum flux.

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