1. A 2003 stratospheric aerosol extinction and PSC climatology from GOMOS measurements on Envisat
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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
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Physics ,QC1-999 ,Chemistry ,QD1-999 - 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.
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- 2005