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Measurements of size and composition of particles in polar stratospheric clouds from infrared solar absorption spectraResults are presented on polar stratospheric cloud (PSC) observations, based on IR measurements of solar extinction, made by the airborne JPL Mark IV interferometer during the Airborne Antarctic Ozone Expedition in 1987, together with the instrumentation and the theoretical aspects of data analysis. Thirty-three PSC cases were analyzed and categorized into two types, I and II, which were found to occur at different altitudes during September. Type I clouds, seen at altitudes above 15 km, contained particles with radii of about 0.5 micarons and nitric acid concentrations greater than 40 percent, while type II clouds, found usually below 15 km, contained particles with radii of 6 microns and larger, composed of water ice. In addition, particles of larger than the 15-micron-size detection limit were encounterd.
Document ID
19900031875
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Kinne, S.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Toon, O. B.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Toon, G. C.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Farmer, C. B.
(JPL Pasadena, CA, United States)
Browell, E. V.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Mccormick, M. P.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
November 30, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 94
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
90A18930
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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