Extending the SBUV polar mesospheric cloud data record with the OMPS NP

DeLand, Matthew T.; Thomas, Gary E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-7913-2019

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14 Jun 2019

Research article |

| 14 Jun 2019

Extending the SBUV polar mesospheric cloud data record with the OMPS NP

Matthew T. DeLand and Gary E. Thomas

Data sets

SBUV PMC Individual Scan Data M. T. DeLand https://sbuv2.gsfc.nasa.gov/pmc/v4

Short summary

We have extended our 40-year satellite data record of polar mesospheric cloud (PMC) behavior by adding data from a new instrument. Long-term trends in PMC ice water content derived from this record are smaller since 1998 compared to the first part of our data record. The PMC response to solar activity has decreased in the Northern Hemisphere but increased in the Southern Hemisphere, for reasons that are not understood.