Comparison between CALIPSO and MIPAS observations of polar stratospheric clouds

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...

Polar stratospheric cloud observations by MIPAS on ENVISAT

Polar stratospheric cloud observations by MIPAS on ENVISAT: detection method, validation and analysis of the northern hemisphere winter 2002/2003 R. Spang, J. J. Remedios, L. J. Kramer, L. R. Poole, M. D. Fromm, M. Müller, G. Baumgarten, and P. Konopka ICG I, Research Centre Jülich, Germany EOS/SRC, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, UK Atmospheric Science Competency,...

CALIPSO observations of stratospheric aerosols

Polar stratospheric clouds and upper-tropospheric clouds

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Characterization of Polar Stratospheric Clouds with Space-Borne Lidar: CALIPSO and the 2006 Antarctic Season

Abstract. The role of polar stratospheric clouds in polar ozone loss has been well documented. The CALIPSO satellite mission offers a new opportunity to characterize PSCs on spatial and temporal scales previously impossible. A PSC detection algorithm based on a single wavelength threshold approach has been developed for CALIPSO. The method appears to accurately detect PSCs of all opacities, inc...