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Ice in the antarctic polar stratosphere
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Verma, S. Pueschel, R. F. Goodman, J. K. Toon, B. Snetsinger, K. G. |
| Copyright Year | 1988 |
| Description | On six occasions during the 1987 Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment, the Polar Stratospheric Cloud (PSC) ice crystals were replicated over the Palmer Peninsula at approximately 70 deg South. The sampling altitude was approximately 60 to 65 thousand feet, the temperature range was -83.5 to -72C and the atmosphere was subsaturated in all cases. The collected crystals were predominantly complete and hollow prismatic columns with maximum dimensions up to 217 microns. Evidence of scavenging of submicron particles was detected on several crystals. While the replicated crystal sizes were larger than anticipated, their relatively low concentration results in a total surface area less than one tenth that of the sampled aerosol particles. The presence of large crystals suggest that PSC ice crystals can play a very important role in stratospheric dehydration processes. |
| File Size | 37617 |
| Page Count | 1 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19890005159 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t42r8qs3k |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1988-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Environment Pollution Atmospheric Circulation Ice Nuclei Atmospheric Temperature Crystals Aerosols Stratosphere Antarctic Regions Dehydration Polar Meteorology Crystal Structure Ice Formation Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |