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Polar stratospheric clouds observed during the Airborne Polar Experiment-Geophysica Aircraft in Antarctica (APE-GAIA) campaign

TitlePolar stratospheric clouds observed during the Airborne Polar Experiment-Geophysica Aircraft in Antarctica (APE-GAIA) campaign
Publication TypeArticolo su Rivista peer-reviewed
Year of Publication2004
AuthorsCairo, F., Adriani A., Viterbini M., Di Donfrancesco G., Mitev V., Matthey R., Bastiano M., Redaelli G., Dragani R., Ferretti R., Rizi V., Paolucci T., Bernardini L., Cacciani M., Pace Giandomenico, and Fiocco G.
JournalJournal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres
Volume109
PaginationD07204 1-13
ISSN01480227
Keywordsairborne sensing, backscatter, cloud microphysics, lidar, polar stratospheric cloud, Remote sensing
Abstract

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. Copyright 2004 by the American Geophysical Union.

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Citation KeyCairo2004