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9+ years of caliop psc data: an evolving climatology
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Poole, Lamont R. Pitts, Michael C. |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Description | Polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) play key roles in the springtime chemical depletion of ozone at high latitudes. PSC particles provide sites for heterogeneous chemical reactions that transform stable chlorine and bromine reservoir species into highly reactive ozone-destructive forms. Furthermore, large nitric acid trihydrate (NAT) PSC particles can irreversibly redistribute odd nitrogen through gravitational sedimentation, which prolongs the ozone depletion process by slowing the reformation of the stable chlorine reservoirs. However, there are still significant gaps in our understanding of PSC processes, particularly concerning the details of NAT particle formation. Spaceborne observations from the CALIOP (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization) lidar on the CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations) satellite are providing a rich new dataset for studying PSCs on unprecedented vortex-wide scales. In this paper, we examine the vertical and spatial distribution of PSCs in the Antarctic and Arctic on vortex-wide scales for entire PSC seasons over the more than nine-year data record. |
| File Size | 573762 |
| Page Count | 4 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20160006432 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t83j8gd8h |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2015-07-05 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology And Climatology Geophysics Ozone Depletion Vertical Distribution Stratosphere Satellite Observation Data Processing Antarctic Regions Polar Meteorology Arctic Regions Remote Sensing Spatial Distribution Vortices Annual Variations Models Optical Radar Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |