The MIPAS/Envisat climatology (2002–2012) of polar stratospheric cloud volume density profiles

Höpfner, Michael; Deshler, Terry; Pitts, Michael; Poole, Lamont; Spang, Reinhold; Stiller, Gabriele; von Clarmann, Thomas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5901-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5901-2018

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The Polar Stratosphere in a Changing Climate (POLSTRACC) (ACP/AMT...

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5901-2018

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25 Oct 2018

Research article |

| 25 Oct 2018

The MIPAS/Envisat climatology (2002–2012) of polar stratospheric cloud volume density profiles

Michael Höpfner, Terry Deshler, Michael Pitts, Lamont Poole, Reinhold Spang, Gabriele Stiller, and Thomas von Clarmann

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5901-2018-supplement

Data sets

The MIPAS/Envisat climatology (2002-2012) of polar stratospheric cloud (PSC) volume density profiles M. Höpfner, G. Stiller, and T. von Clarmann https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000086658

Stratospheric aerosol size distributions T. Deshler http://www-das.uwyo.edu/~deshler/Data/Aer_Meas_Wy_read_me.htm

CALIPSO/CALIOP Level 2, Polar Stratospheric Cloud Data, version 1.00 CALIPSO Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/CAL_LID_L2_PSCMask-Prov-V1-00_L2-001.00

Short summary

Polar stratospheric clouds (PSC) have major relevance to the processes leading to polar ozone depletion. A good understanding of these particles is a prerequisite to predict their role in a changing climate. We present the first global set of PSC volume density profiles derived from the MIPAS satellite measurements covering the entire mission period between 2002 and 2012. A comparison to CALIOP lidar measurements is provided. The dataset can serve as a basis for evaluation of atmospheric models.