Large nitric acid particles at the top of an Arctic stratospheric cloud
International audience In early December 2001, balloon-borne in situ measurements of particle composition, size, number, phase, and backscatter were completed in an Arctic stratospheric cloud composed of three distinct layers between 22 and 26 km. Below 24.5 km, liquid solution droplets of water, ni...
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ftecoleponts:oai:HAL:hal-04110023v1 2024-09-09T19:21:56+00:00 Large nitric acid particles at the top of an Arctic stratospheric cloud Deshler, Terry Larsen, Niels Weissner, Christoph Schreiner, Jochen Mauersberger, Konrad Cairo, Francesco Adriani, Alberto Di Donfrancesco, Guido Ovarlez, Joelle Ovarlez, Henri Blum, Ulrich Fricke, K. H. Dörnbrack, Andreas 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) 2003 https://hal.science/hal-04110023 https://hal.science/hal-04110023/document https://hal.science/hal-04110023/file/Journal%20of%20Geophysical%20Research%20Atmospheres%20-%202003%20-%20Deshler%20-%20Large%20nitric%20acid%20particles%20at%20the%20top%20of%20an%20Arctic.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/2003JD003479 en eng HAL CCSD American Geophysical Union info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1029/2003JD003479 hal-04110023 https://hal.science/hal-04110023 https://hal.science/hal-04110023/document https://hal.science/hal-04110023/file/Journal%20of%20Geophysical%20Research%20Atmospheres%20-%202003%20-%20Deshler%20-%20Large%20nitric%20acid%20particles%20at%20the%20top%20of%20an%20Arctic.pdf BIBCODE: 2003JGRD.108.4517D doi:10.1029/2003JD003479 http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/licences/copyright/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0148-0227 EISSN: 2156-2202 Journal of Geophysical Research https://hal.science/hal-04110023 Journal of Geophysical Research, 2003, 108, ⟨10.1029/2003JD003479⟩ Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Cloud physics and chemistry Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Middle atmosphere-composition and chemistry polar stratospheric clouds in situ stratospheric cloud measurements Arctic stratospheric clouds polar stratospheric cloud composition balloon-borne aerosol measurements large polar stratospheric cloud particles Earth Science [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2003 ftecoleponts https://doi.org/10.1029/2003JD003479 2024-08-13T23:47:27Z International audience In early December 2001, balloon-borne in situ measurements of particle composition, size, number, phase, and backscatter were completed in an Arctic stratospheric cloud composed of three distinct layers between 22 and 26 km. Below 24.5 km, liquid solution droplets of water, nitric acid, and sulfuric acid and a thin ice layer were observed. Above this layer the particles were primarily solid nitric acid trihydrate. Just above 26 km, at cloud top, where temperatures were near or above the equilibrium temperature for nitric acid trihydrate, there was a thin layer of solid particles narrowly distributed around a radius of 2.0 μm at concentrations of <0.001 cm -3 . Lidar backscatter and particle phase measurements approximately 200 km upwind of the in situ measurements indicate a similar vertical structure for the cloud. These in situ measurements represent, to our knowledge, the most comprehensive in situ observations of all phases of polar stratospheric cloud particles, while the large particles at cloud top have not been previously observed and may have implications for producing particles large enough to remove reactive nitrogen from the polar stratosphere. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic École des Ponts ParisTech: HAL Arctic Journal of Geophysical Research 108 D16 |
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Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Cloud physics and chemistry Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Middle atmosphere-composition and chemistry polar stratospheric clouds in situ stratospheric cloud measurements Arctic stratospheric clouds polar stratospheric cloud composition balloon-borne aerosol measurements large polar stratospheric cloud particles Earth Science [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] |
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Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Cloud physics and chemistry Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Middle atmosphere-composition and chemistry polar stratospheric clouds in situ stratospheric cloud measurements Arctic stratospheric clouds polar stratospheric cloud composition balloon-borne aerosol measurements large polar stratospheric cloud particles Earth Science [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] Deshler, Terry Larsen, Niels Weissner, Christoph Schreiner, Jochen Mauersberger, Konrad Cairo, Francesco Adriani, Alberto Di Donfrancesco, Guido Ovarlez, Joelle Ovarlez, Henri Blum, Ulrich Fricke, K. H. Dörnbrack, Andreas Large nitric acid particles at the top of an Arctic stratospheric cloud |
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Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Cloud physics and chemistry Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Middle atmosphere-composition and chemistry polar stratospheric clouds in situ stratospheric cloud measurements Arctic stratospheric clouds polar stratospheric cloud composition balloon-borne aerosol measurements large polar stratospheric cloud particles Earth Science [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] |
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International audience In early December 2001, balloon-borne in situ measurements of particle composition, size, number, phase, and backscatter were completed in an Arctic stratospheric cloud composed of three distinct layers between 22 and 26 km. Below 24.5 km, liquid solution droplets of water, nitric acid, and sulfuric acid and a thin ice layer were observed. Above this layer the particles were primarily solid nitric acid trihydrate. Just above 26 km, at cloud top, where temperatures were near or above the equilibrium temperature for nitric acid trihydrate, there was a thin layer of solid particles narrowly distributed around a radius of 2.0 μm at concentrations of <0.001 cm -3 . Lidar backscatter and particle phase measurements approximately 200 km upwind of the in situ measurements indicate a similar vertical structure for the cloud. These in situ measurements represent, to our knowledge, the most comprehensive in situ observations of all phases of polar stratospheric cloud particles, while the large particles at cloud top have not been previously observed and may have implications for producing particles large enough to remove reactive nitrogen from the polar stratosphere. |
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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) |
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Deshler, Terry Larsen, Niels Weissner, Christoph Schreiner, Jochen Mauersberger, Konrad Cairo, Francesco Adriani, Alberto Di Donfrancesco, Guido Ovarlez, Joelle Ovarlez, Henri Blum, Ulrich Fricke, K. H. Dörnbrack, Andreas |
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Deshler, Terry Larsen, Niels Weissner, Christoph Schreiner, Jochen Mauersberger, Konrad Cairo, Francesco Adriani, Alberto Di Donfrancesco, Guido Ovarlez, Joelle Ovarlez, Henri Blum, Ulrich Fricke, K. H. Dörnbrack, Andreas |
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Large nitric acid particles at the top of an Arctic stratospheric cloud |
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Large nitric acid particles at the top of an Arctic stratospheric cloud |
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Large nitric acid particles at the top of an Arctic stratospheric cloud |
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Large nitric acid particles at the top of an Arctic stratospheric cloud |
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ISSN: 0148-0227 EISSN: 2156-2202 Journal of Geophysical Research https://hal.science/hal-04110023 Journal of Geophysical Research, 2003, 108, ⟨10.1029/2003JD003479⟩ |
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