Articles | Volume 16, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6701-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6701-2016
Research article
 | 
03 Jun 2016
Research article |  | 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

Viewed

Total article views: 3,227 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total BibTeX EndNote
2,130 775 322 3,227 81 82
  • HTML: 2,130
  • PDF: 775
  • XML: 322
  • Total: 3,227
  • BibTeX: 81
  • EndNote: 82
Views and downloads (calculated since 26 Feb 2016)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 26 Feb 2016)

Cited

Saved (preprint)

Latest update: 20 Nov 2024
Download
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.
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint