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Background stratospheric aerosol reference model
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | McCormick, M. P. Wang, P. |
| Copyright Year | 1989 |
| Description | In this analysis, a reference background stratospheric aerosol optical model is developed based on the nearly global SAGE 1 satellite observations in the non-volcanic period from March 1979 to February 1980. Zonally averaged profiles of the 1.0 micron aerosol extinction for the tropics and the mid- and high-altitudes for both hemispheres are obtained and presented in graphical and tabulated form for the different seasons. In addition, analytic expressions for these seasonal global zonal means, as well as the yearly global mean, are determined according to a third order polynomial fit to the vertical profile data set. This proposed background stratospheric aerosol model can be useful in modeling studies of stratospheric aerosols and for simulations of atmospheric radiative transfer and radiance calculations in atmospheric remote sensing. |
| File Size | 278674 |
| Page Count | 8 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19910018326 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7np6zr45 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1989-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Atmospheric Models Extinction Stratosphere Satellite Observation Atmospheric Sounding Remote Sensing Tropical Regions Simulation Radiance Sage Satellite Aerosols Polynomials Radiative Transfer Seasons Altitude Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
