The atmospheric background situation in northern Scandinavia during January/February 2003 in the context of the MaCWAVE campaign
The atmosphere background wind field controls the propagation of gravity waves from the troposphere through the stratosphere into the mesosphere.During January 2003 the MaCWAVE campaign took place at Esrange, with the purpose of observing vertically ascending waves induced by orography.Temperature data from the U. Bonn lidar at Esrange (68°