Polar Stratospheric Clouds identification in Antarctica by Micro Pulse Lidar depolarization

The scientific community considers the use of lidar depolarization as a key tool for climate-related cloud and aerosol studies because depolarization measurements provide information about the shape and/or the thermodynamic phase of the particles in the atmosphere. In this work the first Polar Strat...

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Main Authors: Guerrero-Rascado, Juan Luis, Córdoba-Jabonero, Carmen, Parrondo, Maria Concepcion, Costa, Maria João, Gil, Manuel, Silva, Ana Maria, Yela, Margarita, Ochoa, Héctor
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: V Reunión Española de Ciencia y Tecnología de Aerosoles – RECTA 2011 2011
Subjects:
Polar stratospheric clouds
Lidar
Belgrano
Belgrano II
Belgrano II Station
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/3218
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Summary:The scientific community considers the use of lidar depolarization as a key tool for climate-related cloud and aerosol studies because depolarization measurements provide information about the shape and/or the thermodynamic phase of the particles in the atmosphere. In this work the first Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSC) lidar depolarization observations made by using an improved version of Micro Pulse Lidar (MPL) over the Argentinean Belgrano II station (Antarctica) are presented. This study focuses on the analysis of MPL depolarization measurements in comparison with CALIPSO observations for the PSC characterization. Both the 2009 and 2010 winter data, from May to September periods, are used for that purpose.

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