Articles | Volume 12, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6173-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6173-2019
Research article
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25 Nov 2019
Research article |  | 25 Nov 2019

CALIPSO level 3 stratospheric aerosol profile product: version 1.00 algorithm description and initial assessment

Jayanta Kar, Kam-Pui Lee, Mark A. Vaughan, Jason L. Tackett, Charles R. Trepte, David M. Winker, Patricia L. Lucker, and Brian J. Getzewich

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This work describes the science algorithm for the recently released CALIPSO level 3 stratospheric aerosol product. It is shown that the retrieved extinction profiles capture the major stratospheric perturbations over the last decade resulting from volcanic eruptions, pyroCb smoke events, and signatures of stratospheric dynamics. An initial assessment is also provided by intercomparison with the latest aerosol retrievals from the SAGE III instrument aboard the International Space Station.