MIPAS detects Antarctic stratospheric belt of NAT PSCs caused by mountain waves
International audience Space borne infrared limb emission measurements by the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) reveal the formation of a belt of polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) of nitric acid trihydrate (NAT) particles over Antarctica in mid-June 2003. By mesoscale...
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ftinsu:oai:HAL:hal-00295881v1 2024-02-11T09:57:06+01:00 MIPAS detects Antarctic stratospheric belt of NAT PSCs caused by mountain waves Höpfner, M. Larsen, N. Spang, R. Luo, B. P. Ma, J. Svendsen, S. H. Eckermann, S. D. Knudsen, B. Massoli, P. Cairo, F. Stiller, G. V. Clarmann, T. Fischer, H. Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft = Helmholtz Association Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima Zürich Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETH Zürich) Computational Physics, Inc. E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) National Research Council of Italy 2006-04-20 https://hal.science/hal-00295881 https://hal.science/hal-00295881/document https://hal.science/hal-00295881/file/acp-6-1221-2006.pdf en eng HAL CCSD European Geosciences Union hal-00295881 https://hal.science/hal-00295881 https://hal.science/hal-00295881/document https://hal.science/hal-00295881/file/acp-6-1221-2006.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 1680-7316 EISSN: 1680-7324 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics https://hal.science/hal-00295881 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2006, 6 (5), pp.1221-1230 [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2006 ftinsu 2024-01-17T17:27:37Z International audience Space borne infrared limb emission measurements by the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) reveal the formation of a belt of polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) of nitric acid trihydrate (NAT) particles over Antarctica in mid-June 2003. By mesoscale microphysical simulations we show that this sudden onset of NAT PSCs was caused by heterogeneous nucleation on ice in the cooling phases of large-amplitude stratospheric mountain waves over the Antarctic Peninsula and the Ellsworth Mountains. MIPAS observations of PSCs before this event show no indication for the presence of NAT clouds with volume densities larger than about 0.3 µm 3 /cm 3 and radii smaller than 3 µm, but are consistent with supercooled droplets of ternary H 2 SO 4 /HNO 3 /H 2 O solution (STS). Simulations indicate that homogeneous surface nucleation rates have to be reduced by three orders of magnitude to comply with the observations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Institut national des sciences de l'Univers: HAL-INSU Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Ellsworth Mountains ENVELOPE(-85.000,-85.000,-78.750,-78.750) The Antarctic |
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[SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere Höpfner, M. Larsen, N. Spang, R. Luo, B. P. Ma, J. Svendsen, S. H. Eckermann, S. D. Knudsen, B. Massoli, P. Cairo, F. Stiller, G. V. Clarmann, T. Fischer, H. MIPAS detects Antarctic stratospheric belt of NAT PSCs caused by mountain waves |
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International audience Space borne infrared limb emission measurements by the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) reveal the formation of a belt of polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) of nitric acid trihydrate (NAT) particles over Antarctica in mid-June 2003. By mesoscale microphysical simulations we show that this sudden onset of NAT PSCs was caused by heterogeneous nucleation on ice in the cooling phases of large-amplitude stratospheric mountain waves over the Antarctic Peninsula and the Ellsworth Mountains. MIPAS observations of PSCs before this event show no indication for the presence of NAT clouds with volume densities larger than about 0.3 µm 3 /cm 3 and radii smaller than 3 µm, but are consistent with supercooled droplets of ternary H 2 SO 4 /HNO 3 /H 2 O solution (STS). Simulations indicate that homogeneous surface nucleation rates have to be reduced by three orders of magnitude to comply with the observations. |
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Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft = Helmholtz Association Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima Zürich Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETH Zürich) Computational Physics, Inc. E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) National Research Council of Italy |
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Höpfner, M. Larsen, N. Spang, R. Luo, B. P. Ma, J. Svendsen, S. H. Eckermann, S. D. Knudsen, B. Massoli, P. Cairo, F. Stiller, G. V. Clarmann, T. Fischer, H. |
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Höpfner, M. Larsen, N. Spang, R. Luo, B. P. Ma, J. Svendsen, S. H. Eckermann, S. D. Knudsen, B. Massoli, P. Cairo, F. Stiller, G. V. Clarmann, T. Fischer, H. |
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MIPAS detects Antarctic stratospheric belt of NAT PSCs caused by mountain waves |
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MIPAS detects Antarctic stratospheric belt of NAT PSCs caused by mountain waves |
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MIPAS detects Antarctic stratospheric belt of NAT PSCs caused by mountain waves |
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MIPAS detects Antarctic stratospheric belt of NAT PSCs caused by mountain waves |
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MIPAS detects Antarctic stratospheric belt of NAT PSCs caused by mountain waves |
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mipas detects antarctic stratospheric belt of nat pscs caused by mountain waves |
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ENVELOPE(-85.000,-85.000,-78.750,-78.750) |
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Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Ellsworth Mountains The Antarctic |
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Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Ellsworth Mountains The Antarctic |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica |
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ISSN: 1680-7316 EISSN: 1680-7324 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics https://hal.science/hal-00295881 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2006, 6 (5), pp.1221-1230 |
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