OPTIKA ATMOSFERY I OKEANA JOURNAL
V.E. ZUEV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS
Vol. 1, issue 12, article # 2
Alekseev A. P., Davydov V. M., Dosov V. N., Skuratov S. N., Tyabotov A. E., Khattatov V. U. Airborne Lidar Sounding of Lower Stratosphere Aerosol in the Arctic. // Atmospheric and oceanic optics. 1988. V. 1. No. 12. P. 8-11.Copy the reference to clipboard
Abstract:
The data from airborne lidar sounding of lower stratosphere aerosol in the Arctic up to 23 km carried our on 3-5 February, 1988 are reported. The measurements on the optical characteristics of the atmosphere have revealed the presence of aerosol layers at an altitude of 21-23 km. These strata referred to as polar stratospheric clouds have scattering and depolarization coefficients of 10-3-10-4m-1 and 0.3-0.4 respectively. Satellite images, aircraft in-flight data, and balloonborne observations show this kind of clouds tends to occur at temperatures below -70° and makes a substantial contribution to the ozone layer depletion.