Interannual variations of early winter Antarctic polar stratospheric cloud formation and nitric acid observed by CALIOP and MLS
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A-train CALIOP and MLS observations of early winter Antarctic polar stratospheric clouds and nitric acid in 2008
A-train Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) and Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) observations are used to investigate the development of polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) and the gas-phase nitric acid distribution in the early 2008 Antarctic winter. Observational evidence of gravity-wave activity is provided by Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) radiances and infrared spectro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1680-7324
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-15219-2016