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Research article
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29 Jul 2016
Research article |
| 29 Jul 2016
Spectroscopic evidence of large aspherical β-NAT particles involved in denitrification in the December 2011 Arctic stratosphere
Wolfgang Woiwode
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Michael Höpfner
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
now at: School of Earth Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 310027
Michael C. Pitts
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681, USA
Lamont R. Poole
Science Systems and Applications, Incorporated, Hampton, VA 23666, USA
Hermann Oelhaf
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Sergej Molleker
Particle Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Stephan Borrmann
Particle Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Institute for Physics of the Atmosphere (IPA), University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Marcus Klingebiel
Institute for Physics of the Atmosphere (IPA), University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
now at: Atmosphere in the Earth System Department, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Gennady Belyaev
Myasishchev Design Bureau, Zhukovsky-5, Moscow Region, Russia
Andreas Ebersoldt
Institute for Data Processing and Electronics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Sabine Griessbach
Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Jens-Uwe Grooß
Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-7), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Thomas Gulde
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Martina Krämer
Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-7), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Guido Maucher
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Christof Piesch
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Christian Rolf
Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-7), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Christian Sartorius
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Reinhold Spang
Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-7), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Johannes Orphal
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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The analysis of spectral signatures of a polar stratospheric cloud in airborne infrared remote sensing observations in the Arctic in combination with further collocated measurements supports the view that the observed cloud consisted of highly aspherical nitric acid trihydrate particles. A characteristic "shoulder-like" spectral signature may be exploited for identification of large, highly aspherical nitric acid trihydrate particles involved in denitrification of the polar winter stratosphere.
The analysis of spectral signatures of a polar stratospheric cloud in airborne infrared remote...
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