Arctic polar stratospheric cloud measurements by means of a four wavelength depolarization lidar

• Main Authors: Morandi, M., Godin, S., Delguasta, M., Kneipp, H., Matthey, R., Kolenda, J., Flesia, C., Stefanutti, L., Kyro, Esko, Castagnoli, F.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1994
• Subjects: GEOPHYSICS; Arctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19950004603

A four wavelength depolarization backscattering lidar has been operated during the European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment (EASOE) in Sodankyl, in the Finnish Arctic. The lidar performed measurements during the months of December 1991, January, February and March 1992. The Finnish Meteorological Institute during the same period launched regularly three Radiosondes per day, and three Ozone sondes per week. Both Mt. Pinatubo aerosols and Polar Stratospheric Clouds were measured. The use of four wavelengths, respectively at 355 nm, 532 nm , 750 nm, and 850 nm permits an inversion of the lidar data to determine aerosol particle size. The depolarization technique permits the identification of Polar Stratospheric Clouds. Frequent correlation between Ozone minima and peaks in the Mt. Pinatubo aerosol maxima were detected. Measurements were carried out both within and outside the Polar Vortex.