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    Evolution of stratospheric aerosols in the post-Pinatubo period measured by solar occultation

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    Authors
    Fussen, D.
    Vanhellemont, F.
    Bingen, C.
    Discipline
    Earth and related Environmental sciences
    Subject
    Aerosols
    Algorithms
    Coagulation
    Particle size analysis
    Sedimentation
    Particle mode radius
    Solar occultation
    Atmospherics
    aerosol
    size distribution
    stratosphere
    temporal evolution
    aerosol
    article
    data analysis
    mathematical analysis
    measurement
    particle size
    Philippines
    priority journal
    solar energy
    stratosphere
    ultraviolet radiation
    volcano
    Pinatubo
    Audience
    Scientific
    Date
    2001
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    Description
    This paper presents particle size distributions of stratospheric aerosols derived from solar occultation data measured by the instrument ORA (an acronym for Occultation RAdiometer) during the period August 1992-May 1993. Starting from the UV-visible wavelength dependence of extinction coefficient profiles, an algorithm is developed that allows to retrieve the three parameters of an equivalent log-normal distribution and that makes use of vertical regularization. Comparison of retrieved mode radius and particle number density with existing data is found to be satisfactory. The evolution of the stratospheric aerosols is clearly influenced by sedimentation and coagulation as expected but also by vertical circulation. In a simple 1-D model, we derive the vertical wind profile and we interpret the temporal evolution of the particle mode radius.
    Citation
    Fussen, D.; Vanhellemont, F.; Bingen, C. (2001). Evolution of stratospheric aerosols in the post-Pinatubo period measured by solar occultation. , Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 35, Issue 30, 5067-5078, DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(01)00325-9.
    Identifiers
    uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/5250
    doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1352-2310(01)00325-9
    scopus: 2-s2.0-0034857974
    Type
    Article
    Peer-Review
    Yes
    Language
    eng
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