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Sam 2 measurements of the polar stratospheric aerosol. volume 4: april 1980 to october 1980
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Brandl, D. McCormick, M. P. |
| Copyright Year | 1983 |
| Description | The Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement (SAM) 2 sensor is aboard the Nimbus 7 spacecraft providing extinction measurements of the Antarctic and Arctic stratospheric aerosols with a vertical resolution of 1 km. Representative examples and weekly averages of these aerosol data and corresponding temperature profiles are presented. Contours of aerosols extinction as a function of altitude and longitude or time are plotted and weekly aerosol optical depths are calculated. Stratospheric optical depths are 0.002 to 0.003 for the Antarctic and 0.002 to 0.003 at the beginning to 0.005 to 0.006 at the end of the time period for the Arctic. Polar stratospheric clouds at altitudes between the tropopause and 20 km were observed during the Antarctic winter. A ready-to-use format containing a representative sample of the fourth 6 months of data to be used in atmospheric and climatic studies is reported. |
| File Size | 3099941 |
| Page Count | 84 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19830020525 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t17m53t67 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1983-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Tropopause Nimbus 7 Satellite Aerosols Stratosphere Remote Sensing Polar Regions Ice Clouds Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
