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Stratospheric aerosol size distributions from multispectral lidar measurements at Sodankylä during EASOE
Author(s) -
Stein B.,
Del Guasta M.,
Kolenda J.,
Morandi M.,
Rairoux P.,
Stefanutti L.,
Wolf J. P.,
Wöste L.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/93gl02891
Subject(s) - aerosol , lidar , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , volcano , multispectral image , effective radius , particle size distribution , log normal distribution , stratosphere , radius , remote sensing , particle size , meteorology , geology , physics , mathematics , astrophysics , paleontology , statistics , computer security , seismology , galaxy , computer science
Multispectral lidar data measured at Sodankylä (67°N, 26°E), have been used to characterize stratospheric aerosols. Using depolarization measurements, particles have been classified into PSC and volcanic aerosols. While Pinatubo aerosol could be observed inside the polar vortex from the beginning of the campaign, only few PSC events have been observed. For Pinatubo aerosol lognormal size distribution parameters have been retrieved, indicating particle distributions with 0.1 µm to 0.3 µm median‐radius between 17 and 22 km and up to 0.7 µm below. Height resolved size distribution parameters and aerosol surface areas are given.