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A global climatology of stratospheric aerosols using SAGE II data: Toward a systematic characterization of the aerosol evolution

dc.contributor.authorBingen, C.
dc.contributor.authorFussen, D.
dc.contributor.authorVanhellemont, F.
dc.date2004
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-20T13:08:01Z
dc.date.available2017-04-20T13:08:01Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/5083
dc.descriptionWe present a global climatology of aerosol parameters derived recently by optical inversion of extinction profiles measured by the SAGE II experiment. The aerosol parameters of interest are the particle number density and the modal radius and width of the particle size distribution supposed to be lognormal. We further derived the surface area density from those three aerosol parameters and compared our results with data retrieved from in situ measurements. In several cases, we found an underestimation for SAGE II derived values with respect to corresponding in situ values. This discrepancy between both data sets is discussed and interpreted in terms of fundamental limitations of aerosol remote sounding in the UV-Vis range.
dc.languageeng
dc.titleA global climatology of stratospheric aerosols using SAGE II data: Toward a systematic characterization of the aerosol evolution
dc.typeArticle
dc.subject.frascatiEarth and related Environmental sciences
dc.audienceScientific
dc.subject.freeAerosols
dc.subject.freeLeast squares approximations
dc.subject.freeLight absorption
dc.subject.freeMathematical models
dc.subject.freeParameter estimation
dc.subject.freeParticle size analysis
dc.subject.freeGlobal climatology
dc.subject.freeLeast square minimization
dc.subject.freeMie theory
dc.subject.freeClimatology
dc.source.titleAdvances in Space Research
dc.source.volume34
dc.source.issue8
dc.source.page1763-1767
Orfeo.peerreviewedYes
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.asr.2003.01.026
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-2642552118


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