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- Title
A 2003 stratospheric aerosol extinction and PSC climatology from GOMOS measurements on Envisat.
- Authors
Vanhellemont, F.; Fussen, D.; Bingen, C.; Kyrölä, E.; Tamminen, J.; Sofieva, V.; Hassinen, S.; Verronen, P.; Seppälä, A.; Bertaux, J. L.; Hauchecorne, A.; Dalaudier, F.; D'Andon, O. Fanton; Barrot, G.; Mangin, A.; Theodore, B.; Guirlet, M.; Renard, J. B.; Fraisse, R.; Snoeij, P.
- Abstract
Stratospheric aerosols play an important role in a number of atmospheric issues such as midlatitude ozone depletion, atmospheric dynamics and the Earth radiative budget. Polar stratospheric clouds on the other hand are a crucial factor in the yearly Arctic and Antarctic ozone depletion. It is therefore important to quantify the stratospheric aerosol/PSC abundance. In orbit since March 2002, the GOMOS instrument onboard the European Envisat satellite has provided a vast aerosol extinction data set. In this paper we present aerosol/PSC zonal median values that were constructed from this data set, together with a discussion of the results.
- Subjects
ATMOSPHERIC aerosols; CLIMATOLOGY; ARTIFICIAL satellites in air pollution control; OZONE layer depletion; CLOUDS; STRATOSPHERE
- Publication
Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics, 2005, Vol 5, Issue 9, p2413
- ISSN
1680-7316
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/acp-5-2413-2005