Stratospheric aerosol characteristics from SCIAMACHY limb observations: two-parameter retrieval

Pohl, Christine; Wrana, Felix; Rozanov, Alexei; Deshler, Terry; Malinina, Elizaveta; von Savigny, Christian; Rieger, Landon A.; Bourassa, Adam E.; Burrows, John P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4153-2024

Articles | Volume 17, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4153-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4153-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 13

Research article

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15 Jul 2024

Research article |

| 15 Jul 2024

Stratospheric aerosol characteristics from SCIAMACHY limb observations: two-parameter retrieval

Christine Pohl, Felix Wrana, Alexei Rozanov, Terry Deshler, Elizaveta Malinina, Christian von Savigny, Landon A. Rieger, Adam E. Bourassa, and John P. Burrows

Data sets

University of Wyoming Stratospheric Aerosol Measurements Terry Deshler https://doi.org/10.15786/c.6379371.v1

Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) II Version 7.0 Aerosol, O3, NO2 and H2O Profiles in binary format NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC https://doi.org/10.5067/ERBS/SAGEII/SOLAR_BINARY_L2-V7.0

SAGE III Meteor-3M L2 Solar Event Species Profiles (HDF-EOS) V004 NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/SAGE%20III-M3M/g3assp_004

Short summary

Knowledge of stratospheric aerosol characteristics is important for understanding chemical and climate aerosol feedbacks. Two particle size distribution parameters, the aerosol extinction coefficient and the effective radius, are obtained from SCIAMACHY limb observations. The aerosol characteristics show good agreement with independent data sets from balloon-borne and satellite observations. This data set expands the limited knowledge of stratospheric aerosol characteristics.