Effect of volcanic aerosol on stratospheric NO2 and N2O5 from 2002–2014 as measured by Odin-OSIRIS and Envisat-MIPAS

Adams, Cristen; Bourassa, Adam E.; McLinden, Chris A.; Sioris, Chris E.; von Clarmann, Thomas; Funke, Bernd; Rieger, Landon A.; Degenstein, Douglas A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-8063-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-8063-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-8063-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 13

Research article

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04 Jul 2017

Research article |

| 04 Jul 2017

Effect of volcanic aerosol on stratospheric NO₂ and N₂O₅ from 2002–2014 as measured by Odin-OSIRIS and Envisat-MIPAS

Cristen Adams, Adam E. Bourassa, Chris A. McLinden, Chris E. Sioris, Thomas von Clarmann, Bernd Funke, Landon A. Rieger, and Douglas A. Degenstein

Data sets

OSIRIS data University of Saskatchewan http://odin-osiris.usask.ca/

IMK/IAA-generated MIPAS data Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) http://www.imk-asf.kit.edu/ english/308.php

Short summary

We measured the relationship between volcanic aerosol and trace gases in the stratosphere using the OSIRIS and MIPAS satellite instruments between 2002 and 2014. We found that levels of stratospheric NO₂ and N₂O₅ both decreased significantly in the presence of volcanic aerosol. These decreases were consistent with the modeling results.