Articles | Volume 19, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-6991-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-6991-2026
Research article
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04 Nov 2026
Research article |  | 04 Nov 2026

Retrieval of bimodal aerosol size distributions for stratospheric sulfate and smoke aerosols using multi–wavelength satellite measurements

Vishal Bagadia and Cheng-Hsuan Lu

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A new approach to retrieve stratospheric aerosol size distributions is developed to characterize smoke aerosol properties. Pyrocumulonimbus can strongly perturb stratospheric aerosol concentrations. Simulations are conducted to describe stratospheric aerosol properties for bimodal lognormal distributions. Observations from SAGEIII/ISS are used to determined stratospheric smoke aerosol size distributions and optical and microphysical properties and are validated against in situ measurements.
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