Polar Stratospheric Clouds observed during the Airborne Polar Experiment - Geophysica Aircraft In Antarctica (APE-GAIA)campaign

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: CAIRO, F., ADRIANI A., VITERBINI M., DI DONFRANCESCO G., MITEV M., MATTHEY R., BASTIANO M., REDAELLI G., DRAGANI R., FERRETTI R., RIZI V., PAOLUZI T., BERNARDINI L., AND PACE G., FIOCCO, Giorgio, CACCIANI, Marco
• Other Authors: Cairo, F., Adriani, A., Viterbini, M., DI DONFRANCESCO, G., Mitev, M., Matthey, R., Bastiano, M., Redaelli, G., Dragani, R., Ferretti, R., Rizi, V., Paoluzi, T., Bernardini, L., Fiocco, Giorgio, Cacciani, Marco, AND PACE, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union:2000 Florida Avenue Northwest:Washington, DC 20009:[phone], [phone], EMAIL: [e-mail], INTERNET: http://www.agu.org, Fax: [phone] 2004
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11573/50150; https://doi.org/10.1029/2003JD003930; http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=000220917000001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=0c7ff228ccbaaa74236f48834a34396a; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-2942620315&partnerID=65&md5=284f837114104b8ed4660e008ac2369e

In this work, observations of polar stratospheric clouds (PSC) carried out during one flight of the stratospheric research aircraft Geophysica deployed in the Airborne Polar Experiment–Geophysica Aircraft in Antarctica (APE-GAIA) campaign in September–October 1999 are presented. An analysis of data from the two lidars and a backscatter sonde on board the Geophysica aircraft is presented, coupled with temperature measurements. The observations are analyzed with the aid of a mesoscale model to provide air mass thermal histories and a microphysical box model to simulate PSC formation. The results obtained from this comparison are discussed in view of the theories for PSC formation processes.