Observation of an unusual mid-stratospheric aerosol layer in the Arctic: possible sources and implications for polar vortex dynamics

• Main Authors: Gerding, M., Baumgarten, G., Blum, U., Thayer, J. P., Fricke, K. H., Neuber, Roland, Fiedler, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Alomar; Arctic; Greenland; Kiruna; Norway; Ny-Ålesund; Andenes; Ny Ålesund; Søndre strømfjord; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/5583/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/5583/1/Ger2002j.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.16148; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.16148.d001

By the beginning of winter 2000/2001, a mysterious stratospheric aerosol layer had been detected by four different Arctic lidar stations. The aerosol layer was observed first on November 16, 2000, at an altitude of about 38 km near Søndre Strømfjord, Greenland (67°N, 51°W) and on November 19, 2000,...