Differences in Arctic and Antarctic PSC occurrence as observed by lidar in Ny-Ålesund (79° N, 12° E) and McMurdo (78° S, 167° E)

• Main Authors: Müller, M., Neuber, R., Massoli, P., Cairo, F., Adriani, A., Moriconi, M. L., Di Donfrancesco, G.
• Other Authors: Department of Bentho-pelagic processes, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung = Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research = Institut Alfred-Wegener pour la recherche polaire et marine (AWI), Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft = Helmholtz Association-Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft = Helmholtz Association, CNR Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC), National Research Council of Italy, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Environment
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2004
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Arctic; Antarctic; Ny-Ålesund; McMurdo Station; Antarc*; Ny Ålesund
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00301481; https://hal.science/hal-00301481/document; https://hal.science/hal-00301481/file/acpd-4-6837-2004.pdf

International audience The extent of springtime Arctic ozone loss does not reach Antarctic "ozone hole" dimensions because of the generally higher temperatures in the northern hemisphere vortex and consequent less polar stratospheric cloud (PSC) particle surface for heterogeneous chlorine...