Investigating long-term changes in polar stratospheric clouds above Antarctica: A temperature-based approach using spaceborne lidar detections

• Main Authors: Leroux, Mathilde, Noel, Vincent
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Merra; South Pole; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-131; https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2024/egusphere-2024-131/

Polar stratospheric clouds play a significant role in the seasonal thinning of the ozone layer by facilitating the activation of stable chlorine and bromine reservoirs into reactive radicals, as well as prolonging the ozone depletion by removing HNO 3 and H 2 O from the stratosphere by sedimentation...