Annales Geophysicae
Annales Geophysicae
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Articles | Volume 40, issue 3
Articles | Volume 40, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-40-407-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-40-407-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 40, issue 3
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15 Jun 2022
Regular paper |  | 15 Jun 2022

On the colour of noctilucent clouds

Anna Lange, Gerd Baumgarten, Alexei Rozanov, and Christian von Savigny

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We investigate the influence of different parameters on the colour of noctilucent clouds (highest clouds in the atmosphere), using radiative transfer calculations. We determined the effect of the particle size, optical depth, single scattering/multiple scattering and ozone. For sufficiently large optical depth and for specific viewing geometries, ozone plays only a minor role in the blueish colour of noctilucent clouds (new result).
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