Interannual variations of early winter Antarctic polar stratospheric cloud formation and nitric acid observed by CALIOP and MLS

Lambert, Alyn; Santee, Michelle L.; Livesey, Nathaniel J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-15219-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-15219-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-15219-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 23

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08 Dec 2016

Research article |

| 08 Dec 2016

Interannual variations of early winter Antarctic polar stratospheric cloud formation and nitric acid observed by CALIOP and MLS

Alyn Lambert, Michelle L. Santee, and Nathaniel J. Livesey

Data sets

MLS/Aura Level 2 Water Vapor (H2O) Mixing Ratio V004 A. Lambert, W. Read, and N. Livesey https://doi.org/10.5067/AURA/MLS/DATA2009

MLS/Aura Level 2 Nitric Acid (HNO3) Mixing Ratio V004 G. Manney, M. Santee, L. Froidevaux, N. Livesey, and W. Read https://doi.org/10.5067/AURA/MLS/DATA2012

CALIPSO/CALIOP Level 1B, Lidar Profile Data CALIPSO Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/CAL_LID_L1-ValStage1-V3-01_L1B-003.01

CALIPSO/CALIOP Level 2, Polar Stratospheric Cloud Data CALIPSO Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/CAL_LID_L2_PSCMask-Prov-V1-00_L2-001.00

GEOS5.9.1 v1.2 NRT Assimilation Products FP-IT (Forward Processing for Instrument Teams) GMAO (Global Modeling and Assimilation Office) https://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/products/index.php

MERRA-2 inst3_3d_asm_Nv: 3d,3-Hourly,Instantaneous,Model-Level,Assimilation,Assimilated Meteorological Fields V5.12.4 GMAO (Global Modeling and Assimilation Office) https://doi.org/10.5067/WWQSXQ8IVFW8