NLC Project (Noctilucent Clouds)

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thanks to Alberta's Rapid Access Cloud from Cybera, hello mesopause!

The project goal: to develop some NLC planning and viewing tools, and take first steps to modelling these beautiful clouds at the edge of space. Ideas welcome!
 
Timetable for viewing: NLC and solar altitudes
Apparent Cloud Motion schematics
Annual Viewing Graph


 

Clear tropospheric skies and good observing,
Alister.

References and Acknowledgments

Correlating NWP weather models with NLC (2015-2016) Thanks to Peter Dalin and the IRF Swedish Institute of Space Physics for hosting.

Lunar and Solar Reflections on Buildings


Project initiation: late September 2018