A 2003 stratospheric aerosol extinction and PSC climatology from GOMOS measurements on Envisat

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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.
Fanton d'Andon, O.
Barrot, G.
Mangin, A.
Theodore, B.
Guirlet, M.
Renard, J.B.
Fraisse, R.
Snoeij, P.
Koopman, R.
Saavedra, L.
Discipline
Earth and related Environmental sciences
Subject
aerosol
atmospheric chemistry
Envisat-1
ozone depletion
stratosphere
Audience
Scientific
Date
2005Metadata
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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.
Citation
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.; Fanton d'Andon, O.; Barrot, G.; Mangin, A.; Theodore, B.; Guirlet, M.; Renard, J.B.; Fraisse, R.; Snoeij, P.; Koopman, R.; Saavedra, L. (2005). A 2003 stratospheric aerosol extinction and PSC climatology from GOMOS measurements on Envisat. , Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 5, Issue 9, 2413-2417, DOI: 10.5194/acp-5-2413-2005.Identifiers
scopus: 2-s2.0-26944460019
Type
Article
Peer-Review
Yes
Language
eng