Polar stratospheric cloud evolution and chlorine activation measured by  CALIPSO and MLS, and modeled by ATLAS

Nakajima, Hideaki; Wohltmann, Ingo; Wegner, Tobias; Takeda, Masanori; Pitts, Michael C.; Poole, Lamont R.; Lehmann, Ralph; Santee, Michelle L.; Rex, Markus

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-3311-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-3311-2016

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-3311-2016

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

Articles | Volume 16, issue 5

Research article

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14 Mar 2016

Research article |

| 14 Mar 2016

Polar stratospheric cloud evolution and chlorine activation measured by CALIPSO and MLS, and modeled by ATLAS

Hideaki Nakajima, Ingo Wohltmann, Tobias Wegner, Masanori Takeda, Michael C. Pitts, Lamont R. Poole, Ralph Lehmann, Michelle L. Santee, and Markus Rex

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RC C7800: 'Comment on "Polar Stratospheric Cloud evolution and chlorine activation measured by CALIPSO and MLS, and modelled by ATLAS" by H. Nakajima et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Oct 2015
- AC C12137: 'Reply to Referee #1 Comments', Hideaki Nakajima, 01 Feb 2016
RC C8046: 'Referee Comments on “Polar Stratospheric Cloud evolution and chlorine activation...” by H. Nakajima et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Oct 2015
- AC C12142: 'Reply to Referee #2 Comments', Hideaki Nakajima, 01 Feb 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Hideaki Nakajima on behalf of the Authors (01 Feb 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Feb 2016) by Jens-Uwe Grooß

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (11 Feb 2016)

ED: Publish as is (12 Feb 2016) by Jens-Uwe Grooß

AR by Hideaki Nakajima on behalf of the Authors (19 Feb 2016)

Short summary

This paper presents the first trial of analyzing amount of chlorine activation on different PSC compositions by using match analysis on trajectories initiated from PSC locations identified by CALIPSO/CALIOP measurements. The measured minor species such as HCl and ClO by MLS are compared with ATLAS chemistry-transport model (CTM) results. PSC growth to NAT, NAT/STS mixture, and ice were identified by different temperature decrease histories on trajectories.