A 2003 stratospheric aerosol extinction and PSC climatology from GOMOS measurements on Envisat

Vanhellemont, F.; Fussen, D.; Bingen, C.; Kyrölä, E.; Tamminen, J.; Sofieva, V.; Hassinen, S.; Verronen, P.; Seppälä, A.; Bertaux, J. L.; Hauchecorne, A.; Dalaudier, F.; Fanton d'Andon, O.; Barrot, G.; Mangin, A.; Theodore, B.; Guirlet, M.; Renard, J. B.; Fraisse, R.; Snoeij, P.; Koopman, R.; Saavedra, L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-5-2413-2005

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20 Sep 2005

| 20 Sep 2005

A 2003 stratospheric aerosol extinction and PSC climatology from GOMOS measurements on Envisat

F. Vanhellemont, D. Fussen, C. Bingen, E. Kyrölä, J. Tamminen, V. Sofieva, S. Hassinen, P. Verronen, A. Seppälä, J. L. Bertaux, A. Hauchecorne, F. Dalaudier, O. Fanton d'Andon, G. Barrot, A. Mangin, B. Theodore, M. Guirlet, J. B. Renard, R. Fraisse, P. Snoeij, R. Koopman, and L. Saavedra

Abstract. Stratospheric aerosols play an important role in a number of atmospheric issues such as midlatitude ozone depletion, atmospheric dynamics and the Earth radiative budget. Polar stratospheric clouds on the other hand are a crucial factor in the yearly Arctic and Antarctic ozone depletion. It is therefore important to quantify the stratospheric aerosol/PSC abundance. In orbit since March 2002, the GOMOS instrument onboard the European Envisat satellite has provided a vast aerosol extinction data set. In this paper we present aerosol/PSC zonal median values that were constructed from this data set, together with a discussion of the results.

How to cite. Vanhellemont, F., Fussen, D., Bingen, C., Kyrölä, E., Tamminen, J., Sofieva, V., Hassinen, S., Verronen, P., Seppälä, A., Bertaux, J. L., Hauchecorne, A., Dalaudier, F., Fanton d'Andon, O., Barrot, G., Mangin, A., Theodore, B., Guirlet, M., Renard, J. B., Fraisse, R., Snoeij, P., Koopman, R., and Saavedra, L.: A 2003 stratospheric aerosol extinction and PSC climatology from GOMOS measurements on Envisat, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 2413–2417, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-5-2413-2005, 2005.