CALIPSO observations of stratospheric aerosols: a preliminary assessment

CALIPSO observations of stratospheric aerosols: a preliminary assessment

We have examined the 532-nm aerosol backscatter coefficient measurements by the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) for their use in the monitoring of stratospheric aerosol. CALIPSO makes observations that span from 82 S to 82 N each day and, for each profile, backscatter coefficient values reported up to ∼40 km. The possibility of using CALIPSO for stra...

CALIPSO observations of stratospheric aerosols

Tropical stratospheric aerosol layer from CALIPSO lidar observations

Chlorine activation on stratospheric aerosols

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Polar Stratospheric Clouds over 1 Antarctica from the CALIPSO

1 2 This paper presents statistics of Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSCs) above Antarctica from 3 June to October 2006 using observations from the CALIOP spaceborne lidar, part of the 4 CALIPSO mission. Synoptic-scale changes in their geographic and temporal distribution 5 are documented on a weekly basis and correlated with temperature fields. A very high 6 spatial and temporal variability tends...