NDMC Mission Statement
The Network for the Detection of Mesopause Change (NDMC) is a global program with the mission to promote international cooperation among research groups investigating the mesopause region (80-100 km) with the goal of early identification of changing climate signals.
This program involves the coordinated study of atmospheric variability at all time scales, the exchange of existing know-how, and the coordinated development of improved observation, analysis techniques and modeling. The initial emphasis is on mesopause region airglow techniques utilizing the existing ground-based and satellite measurement capabilities.
Participation or association of researchers using other techniques in the same altitude region will be actively developed. NDMC is concerned with coupling processes and will interface with related activities throughout the atmosphere. It is affiliated with the Global Atmosphere Watch program of the World Meteorological Organization and with the Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change.
| Operational Data Products |
| - ALOMAR (ALR), Norway (69.28°N / 16.01°E) - Oberpfaffenhofen (OPN), Germany (48.09°N / 11.28°E) - Schneefernerhaus (UFS), Germany (47.42°N / 10.98°E) - Palma de Mallorca (PAL), Spain (39.55°N / 2.63°E) - Catania (CAT), Italy (37.51°N / 15.04°E) - Tel Aviv (TAV), Israel (32.11°N / 34.88°E) - El Leoncito (LEO), Argentina (31.80°S / 69.29°W) - Wuppertal (WUP), Germany (51.25°N / 07.15°E) |
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GRIPS instrument successfully installed at a new NDMC location in Catania, Sicily October 14th, 2011 The Infrared Spectrometer GRIPS 11 (Ground-based Infrared P-branch Spectrometer) was successfully installed at a facility of the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) in Catania, Italy on the 28th of September 2011. The GRIPS instrument measures OH temperatures in the mesopause region at about 87 km altitude, e.g. for the investigation of dynamics due to infrasound and gravity wave signatures by different sources. These sources are e.g. volcanic activity of the nearby Etna volcano and meteorological sources in the context of the Mediterranean CESAR campaign (Characterization of the differential Energy content of Vb-cyclones via quantification of emitted Gravity- and Author: Christoph Pilger | 1 Comments |
| Latest Conferences and Workshops |
| 39th annual European Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by Optical Methods August 20-24, 2012 in Sopot, Poland |
| Events |
| 4th NDMC Meeting May 09-13, 2011
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