Year-round stratospheric aerosol backscatter ratios calculated from lidar measurements above northern Norway

• Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
• Main Authors: A. Langenbach, G. Baumgarten, J. Fiedler, F.-J. Lübken, C. von Savigny, J. Zalach
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: Environmental engineering; TA170-171; Earthwork. Foundations; TA715-787; Arctic; Norway; Alomar; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4065-2019; https://doaj.org/article/9476434c338c4e36979332a4a0fc831f

We present a new method for calculating backscatter ratios of the stratospheric sulfate aerosol (SSA) layer from daytime and nighttime lidar measurements. Using this new method we show a first year-round dataset of stratospheric aerosol backscatter ratios at high latitudes. The SSA layer is located...