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Small-scale structures in noctilucent clouds observed by lidar
2020, Schäfer, Britta, Baumgarten, Gerd, Fiedler, Jens
Noctilucent clouds (NLC) are mesospheric ice clouds occurring in the summer hemisphere at high latitudes and an altitude of about 83km. This region is the coldest of the earth's atmosphere and is characterized by the presence of wave interaction and dissipation. The processes involved here lead to a variety of structures and instabilities that become visible in noctilucent clouds and are observed by different instruments. In this work high-resolution lidar measurements are used to give a wide overview of the structures at small scales below the Brunt–Väisälä period of ∼5min. For the first time a large amount of NLC profiles from lidar with a temporal resolution of 1s is analyzed in detail, covering about 1400h during the summer from 2011 to 2018. A new categorization focusing on small-scale structures is introduced, and occurrence statistics for these categories in the season of 2014 are performed. Both wave structures with periods below 10min and thin layers of <100m thickness are commonly found. When taking simultaneous wind measurements into account, we find that structures often are advected by the wind. © 2020 The Authors
Cold atoms in space: community workshop summary and proposed road-map
2022, Alonso, Iván, Alpigiani, Cristiano, Altschul, Brett, Araújo, Henrique, Arduini, Gianluigi, Arlt, Jan, Badurina, Leonardo, Balaž, Antun, Bandarupally, Satvika, Barish, Barry C., Barone, Michele, Reguzzoni, Mirko, Richaud, Andrea, Riou, Isabelle, Rothacher, Markus, Roura, Albert, Ruschhaupt, Andreas, Sabulsky, Dylan O., Safronova, Marianna, Saltas, Ippocratis D., Bernabeu, Jose, Haehnelt, Martin, Salvi, Leonardo, Sameed, Muhammed, Saurabh, Pandey, Schäffer, Stefan, Schiller, Stephan, Schilling, Manuel, Schkolnik, Vladimir, Schlippert, Dennis, Schmidt, Piet O., Schnatz, Harald, Hanımeli, Ekim T., Bertoldi, Andrea, Schneider, Jean, Schneider, Ulrich, Schreck, Florian, Schubert, Christian, Shayeghi, Armin, Sherrill, Nathaniel, Shipsey, Ian, Signorini, Carla, Singh, Rajeev, Hawkins, Leonie, Singh, Yeshpal, Bingham, Robert, Skordis, Constantinos, Smerzi, Augusto, Sopuerta, Carlos F., Sorrentino, Fiodor, Sphicas, Paraskevas, Stadnik, Yevgeny V., Stefanescu, Petruta, Tarallo, Marco G., Hees, Aurélien, Tentindo, Silvia, Tino, Guglielmo M., Bize, Sébastien, Tinsley, Jonathan N., Tornatore, Vincenza, Treutlein, Philipp, Trombettoni, Andrea, Tsai, Yu-Dai, Tuckey, Philip, Uchida, Melissa A., Henderson, Victoria A., Valenzuela, Tristan, Van Den Bossche, Mathias, Vaskonen, Ville, Blas, Diego, Verma, Gunjan, Vetrano, Flavio, Vogt, Christian, von Klitzing, Wolf, Waller, Pierre, Walser, Reinhold, Herr, Waldemar, Wille, Eric, Williams, Jason, Windpassinger, Patrick, Wittrock, Ulrich, Bongs, Kai, Wolf, Peter, Woltmann, Marian, Wörner, Lisa, Xuereb, André, Yahia, Mohamed, Herrmann, Sven, Yazgan, Efe, Yu, Nan, Zahzam, Nassim, Zambrini Cruzeiro, Emmanuel, Zhan, Mingsheng, Bouyer, Philippe, Zou, Xinhao, Zupan, Jure, Zupanič, Erik, Braitenberg, Carla, Hird, Thomas, Brand, Christian, Braxmaier, Claus, Bresson, Alexandre, Buchmueller, Oliver, Budker, Dmitry, Bugalho, Luís, Burdin, Sergey, Cacciapuoti, Luigi, Callegari, Simone, Calmet, Xavier, Hobson, Richard, Calonico, Davide, Canuel, Benjamin, Caramete, Laurentiu-Ioan, Carraz, Olivier, Cassettari, Donatella, Chakraborty, Pratik, Chattopadhyay, Swapan, Chauhan, Upasna, Chen, Xuzong, Chen, Yu-Ao, Hock, Vincent, Chiofalo, Maria Luisa, Coleman, Jonathon, Corgier, Robin, Cotter, J. P., Michael Cruise, A., Cui, Yanou, Davies, Gavin, De Roeck, Albert, Demarteau, Marcel, Derevianko, Andrei, Barsanti, Michele, Di Clemente, Marco, Djordjevic, Goran S., Donadi, Sandro, Doré, Olivier, Dornan, Peter, Doser, Michael, Drougakis, Giannis, Dunningham, Jacob, Easo, Sajan, Eby, Joshua, Hogan, Jason M., Elertas, Gedminas, Ellis, John, Evans, David, Examilioti, Pandora, Fadeev, Pavel, Fanì, Mattia, Fassi, Farida, Fattori, Marco, Fedderke, Michael A., Felea, Daniel, Holst, Bodil, Feng, Chen-Hao, Ferreras, Jorge, Flack, Robert, Flambaum, Victor V., Forsberg, René, Fromhold, Mark, Gaaloul, Naceur, Garraway, Barry M., Georgousi, Maria, Geraci, Andrew, Holynski, Michael, Gibble, Kurt, Gibson, Valerie, Gill, Patrick, Giudice, Gian F., Goldwin, Jon, Gould, Oliver, Grachov, Oleg, Graham, Peter W., Grasso, Dario, Griffin, Paul F., Israelsson, Ulf, Guerlin, Christine, Gündoğan, Mustafa, Gupta, Ratnesh K., Jeglič, Peter, Jetzer, Philippe, Juzeliūnas, Gediminas, Kaltenbaek, Rainer, Kamenik, Jernej F., Kehagias, Alex, Bass, Steven, Kirova, Teodora, Kiss-Toth, Marton, Koke, Sebastian, Kolkowitz, Shimon, Kornakov, Georgy, Kovachy, Tim, Krutzik, Markus, Kumar, Mukesh, Kumar, Pradeep, Lämmerzahl, Claus, Bassi, Angelo, Landsberg, Greg, Le Poncin-Lafitte, Christophe, Leibrandt, David R., Lévèque, Thomas, Lewicki, Marek, Li, Rui, Lipniacka, Anna, Lisdat, Christian, Liu, Mia, Lopez-Gonzalez, J. L., Battelier, Baptiste, Loriani, Sina, Louko, Jorma, Luciano, Giuseppe Gaetano, Lundblad, Nathan, Maddox, Steve, Mahmoud, M. A., Maleknejad, Azadeh, March-Russell, John, Massonnet, Didier, McCabe, Christopher, Baynham, Charles F. A., Meister, Matthias, Mežnaršič, Tadej, Micalizio, Salvatore, Migliaccio, Federica, Millington, Peter, Milosevic, Milan, Mitchell, Jeremiah, Morley, Gavin W., Müller, Jürgen, Murphy, Eamonn, Beaufils, Quentin, Müstecaplıoğlu, Özgür E., O’Shea, Val, Oi, Daniel K. L., Olson, Judith, Pal, Debapriya, Papazoglou, Dimitris G., Pasatembou, Elizabeth, Paternostro, Mauro, Pawlowski, Krzysztof, Pelucchi, Emanuele, Belić, Aleksandar, Pereira dos Santos, Franck, Peters, Achim, Pikovski, Igor, Pilaftsis, Apostolos, Pinto, Alexandra, Prevedelli, Marco, Puthiya-Veettil, Vishnupriya, Quenby, John, Rafelski, Johann, Rasel, Ernst M., Bergé, Joel, Ravensbergen, Cornelis
We summarise the discussions at a virtual Community Workshop on Cold Atoms in Space concerning the status of cold atom technologies, the prospective scientific and societal opportunities offered by their deployment in space, and the developments needed before cold atoms could be operated in space. The cold atom technologies discussed include atomic clocks, quantum gravimeters and accelerometers, and atom interferometers. Prospective applications include metrology, geodesy and measurement of terrestrial mass change due to, e.g., climate change, and fundamental science experiments such as tests of the equivalence principle, searches for dark matter, measurements of gravitational waves and tests of quantum mechanics. We review the current status of cold atom technologies and outline the requirements for their space qualification, including the development paths and the corresponding technical milestones, and identifying possible pathfinder missions to pave the way for missions to exploit the full potential of cold atoms in space. Finally, we present a first draft of a possible road-map for achieving these goals, that we propose for discussion by the interested cold atom, Earth Observation, fundamental physics and other prospective scientific user communities, together with the European Space Agency (ESA) and national space and research funding agencies.