Measurements of global distributions of polar mesospheric clouds during 2005&ndash;2012 by MIPAS/Envisat

García-Comas, Maya; López-Puertas, Manuel; Funke, Bernd; Jurado-Navarro, Á. Aythami; Gardini, Angela; Stiller, Gabriele P.; von Clarmann, Thomas; Höpfner, Michael

doi:10.5194/acp-16-6701-2016

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Articles | Volume 16, issue 11

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03 Jun 2016

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| 03 Jun 2016

Measurements of global distributions of polar mesospheric clouds during 2005–2012 by MIPAS/Envisat

Maya García-Comas, Manuel López-Puertas, Bernd Funke, Á. Aythami Jurado-Navarro, Angela Gardini, Gabriele P. Stiller, Thomas von Clarmann, and Michael Höpfner

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Short summary

We have analysed IR measurements of PMCs in the NH and SH from 2005 to 2012. This technique is sensitive to the total ice volume independent of particle size. For the first time, we have measured the total ice volume from the midlatitudes to the poles. The data indicate a layer of ice from 81 to 89 km and from the poles to 50–60º in each hemisphere, increasing near the poles. The ice density is larger in the NH than in the SH and located 1 km lower. PMCs also show a diurnal variation.