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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2023-36
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2023-36
22 Feb 2023
 | 22 Feb 2023
Status: this preprint was under review for the journal AMT but the revision was not accepted.

Using OMPS-LP color ratio to extract stratospheric aerosol particle size and concentration with application to volcanic eruptions

Yi Wang, Mark Schoeberl, Ghassan Taha, Daniel Zawada, and Adam Bourassa

Abstract. We develop an algorithm that uses the aerosol extinction at two wavelengths (color ratio) to derive the size and number density for stratospheric aerosols. We apply our algorithm to Ozone Mapping Profiler Suite Limb Profiler (OMPS-LP) L2 and Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) data. We show that the color ratio between two wavelengths (e.g. 510 nm/869 nm) is insensitive to aerosol concentration and thus can be used to derive aerosol size assuming a log-normal size distribution. With the size and the extinction, we can compute a number density consistent with both wavelengths. Our results compare favorably to balloon borne particle size and concentration measurements. Our results are also consistent with SAGE solar occultation measurements. Finally, we show the background distribution of stratospheric aerosols and the changes in those distributions during the Reikoke and Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruptions. We also show the evolution of the size and number density of aerosols following both of those eruptions.

Yi Wang et al.

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • CC1: 'Comment on amt-2023-36', Pasquale Sellitto, 25 Feb 2023
    • AC4: 'Reply on CC1', Yi Wang, 15 Jun 2023
  • CC2: 'Comment on amt-2023-36', Travis N. Knepp, 06 Mar 2023
  • CC3: 'Comment on amt-2023-36', Peter F. Bernath, 18 Mar 2023
    • AC5: 'Reply on CC3', Yi Wang, 15 Jun 2023
  • RC1: 'Comment on amt-2023-36', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Apr 2023
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC1', Yi Wang, 15 Jun 2023
  • RC2: 'Comment on amt-2023-36', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Apr 2023
    • RC3: 'Reply on RC2', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Apr 2023
      • AC3: 'Reply on RC2', Yi Wang, 15 Jun 2023

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • CC1: 'Comment on amt-2023-36', Pasquale Sellitto, 25 Feb 2023
    • AC4: 'Reply on CC1', Yi Wang, 15 Jun 2023
  • CC2: 'Comment on amt-2023-36', Travis N. Knepp, 06 Mar 2023
  • CC3: 'Comment on amt-2023-36', Peter F. Bernath, 18 Mar 2023
    • AC5: 'Reply on CC3', Yi Wang, 15 Jun 2023
  • RC1: 'Comment on amt-2023-36', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Apr 2023
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC1', Yi Wang, 15 Jun 2023
  • RC2: 'Comment on amt-2023-36', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Apr 2023
    • RC3: 'Reply on RC2', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Apr 2023
      • AC3: 'Reply on RC2', Yi Wang, 15 Jun 2023

Yi Wang et al.

Yi Wang et al.

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The OMPS-LP satellite instrument measures aerosol scattering properties across the atmospheric limb. Adopting an algorithm that uses extinction at two wavelengths, we retrieve vertical profiles of particle size and concentration. We demonstrate that these profiles are consistent with in-situ balloon and SAGE-III/ISS satellite measurements. We also show how aerosol size and concentration evolve during Reikoke and Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruptions.