Observations of boundary layer, mixed-phase and multi-layer Arctic clouds with different lidar systems during ASTAR 2007

The paper by A. Lampert and co-authors provides four case studies of clouds observed with lidars during the ASTAR campaign at Svalbard. There are few measurements from high latitudes, and the authors should be commended for their efforts. The basic measurements seem pretty reasonable, but there are problems in the analysis and interpretation that need to be addressed. I recommend publication after the following revisions are made.

• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

• Publication date

  2009-07-13

• Fields of study

  Physics, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.5194/ACPD-9-15125-2009
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