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MLS CLO observations and arctic polar vortex temperaturesAnalysis of Upper Altmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) observations in early January 1992 shows a clear relationship between predicted polar stratospheric cloud formation along the back trajectory and elevated ClO amounts. These findings are in good agreement with aircraft observations. The MLS observed variation of ClO amounts within the vortex also fits the pattern of ClO change as a result of air parcel solar exposure and nitric acid photolysis. Outside the polar vortex, the occasional highly elevated ClO appear statistically consistent with MLS measurement noise.
Document ID
19950047213
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Schoeberl, M. R.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Stolarski, R. S.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Douglass, A. R.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Newman, P. A.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Lait, L. R.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Waters, J. W.
(Jet Propulsion Lab. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Froidevaux, L.
(Jet Propulsion Lab. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Ready, W. G.
(Jet Propulsion Lab. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
December 23, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 20
Issue: 24
ISSN: 0094-8276
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
95A78812
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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