Polar stratospheric clouds over Antarctica from the CALIPSO spaceborne lidar
International audience This paper presents statistics of polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) above Antarctica from June to October 2006 using observations from the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) spaceborne lidar, part of the CALIPSO mission. Synoptic-scale changes in geograp...
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ftecoleponts:oai:HAL:hal-00260716v1 2024-09-15T17:48:06+00:00 Polar stratospheric clouds over Antarctica from the CALIPSO spaceborne lidar Noel, Vincent Hertzog, Albert Chepfer, Hélène Winker, David, M. Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) (LMD) Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X) Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Département des Géosciences - ENS Paris École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X) Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) NASA Langley Research Center Hampton (LaRC) 2008-01-24 https://hal.science/hal-00260716 https://hal.science/hal-00260716/document https://hal.science/hal-00260716/file/Cal_PSC.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JD008616 en eng HAL CCSD American Geophysical Union info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1029/2007JD008616 hal-00260716 https://hal.science/hal-00260716 https://hal.science/hal-00260716/document https://hal.science/hal-00260716/file/Cal_PSC.pdf doi:10.1029/2007JD008616 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 2169-897X EISSN: 2169-8996 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres https://hal.science/hal-00260716 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2008, 113, pp.D02205. ⟨10.1029/2007JD008616⟩ PSC lidar CALIOP microphysics [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2008 ftecoleponts https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JD008616 2024-08-13T23:47:27Z International audience This paper presents statistics of polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) above Antarctica from June to October 2006 using observations from the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) spaceborne lidar, part of the CALIPSO mission. Synoptic-scale changes in geographic and temporal distribution are documented weekly and correlated with temperature fields. A high spatial and temporal variability tends to contradict the hypothesis that PSCs are mostly created via slow processes mainly governed by large-scale temperature changes. Linear depolarization ratios reveal strongly typed PSCs with distinct characteristics (implying different microphysics), but unique cloud compositions cannot be singled out. A west/east imbalance is observed in the depolarization distribution, symptomatic of microphysical disparities. A classification based on depolarization and scattering ratios suggests more than 60% of mixed PSCs, followed by more than 20% of STS, and a roughly equal concentration of nitric acid trihydrate (NAT)-based and pure ice PSCs (∼8%). Up to the beginning of August, supercooled ternary solution (STS) PSCs experience a steady decrease in concentration correlated with an increase in ice-based and mixed PSCs; this tendency gets reversed after the first week of August, hinting at the existence of a large-scale seasonal cycle in PSC population. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica École des Ponts ParisTech: HAL Journal of Geophysical Research 113 D2 |
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PSC lidar CALIOP microphysics [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph] Noel, Vincent Hertzog, Albert Chepfer, Hélène Winker, David, M. Polar stratospheric clouds over Antarctica from the CALIPSO spaceborne lidar |
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International audience This paper presents statistics of polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) above Antarctica from June to October 2006 using observations from the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) spaceborne lidar, part of the CALIPSO mission. Synoptic-scale changes in geographic and temporal distribution are documented weekly and correlated with temperature fields. A high spatial and temporal variability tends to contradict the hypothesis that PSCs are mostly created via slow processes mainly governed by large-scale temperature changes. Linear depolarization ratios reveal strongly typed PSCs with distinct characteristics (implying different microphysics), but unique cloud compositions cannot be singled out. A west/east imbalance is observed in the depolarization distribution, symptomatic of microphysical disparities. A classification based on depolarization and scattering ratios suggests more than 60% of mixed PSCs, followed by more than 20% of STS, and a roughly equal concentration of nitric acid trihydrate (NAT)-based and pure ice PSCs (∼8%). Up to the beginning of August, supercooled ternary solution (STS) PSCs experience a steady decrease in concentration correlated with an increase in ice-based and mixed PSCs; this tendency gets reversed after the first week of August, hinting at the existence of a large-scale seasonal cycle in PSC population. |
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Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) (LMD) Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X) Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Département des Géosciences - ENS Paris École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X) Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) NASA Langley Research Center Hampton (LaRC) |
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Polar stratospheric clouds over Antarctica from the CALIPSO spaceborne lidar |
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Polar stratospheric clouds over Antarctica from the CALIPSO spaceborne lidar |
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Polar stratospheric clouds over Antarctica from the CALIPSO spaceborne lidar |
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Polar stratospheric clouds over Antarctica from the CALIPSO spaceborne lidar |
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Polar stratospheric clouds over Antarctica from the CALIPSO spaceborne lidar |
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polar stratospheric clouds over antarctica from the calipso spaceborne lidar |
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ISSN: 2169-897X EISSN: 2169-8996 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres https://hal.science/hal-00260716 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2008, 113, pp.D02205. ⟨10.1029/2007JD008616⟩ |
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