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Integral microphysical parameters of stratospheric background aerosol for 2002–2005 (the SAGE III satellite experiment)

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The surface area and volume densities (S and V) of the particles of stratospheric background aerosol in the 15–20 km and 20–25 km layers for 2002–2005 were obtained from measurements of the aerosol extinction coefficient with the SAGE III instrument by using the linear-regression method of solving the inverse problem. The measurements were taken within the latitudinal belts 43°–80°N and 34°–58°S. The spatial and temporal dependences of S and V demonstrate homogeneous distribution fields in summer, whereas noticeable inhomogeneities are observed in winter and early spring. In all years of the measurements, an increase in the integral characteristics of stratospheric background aerosol was observed during the fall-to-winter transition period. Longitudinal variations in S and V can be both slight and significant (50–70%). Analysis of the interannual variability of the mean areas and volumes of aerosol particles shows that their minima (as a rule) were observed in 2002 and their maxima were observed in 2005. In most of the cases, no monotonic annual variations in the aerosol characteristics are noted. The dependence of the aerosol parameters on the phase of the quasi-biennial oscillations of zonal wind in the stratosphere is observed. The data obtained for 2002–2005 are, on the whole, in good agreement with the climatological data obtained for 1996–1999.

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    A. M. Chayka & Yu. M. Timofeyev

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Original Russian Text © A.M. Chayka, Yu.M. Timofeyev, A.V. Polyakov, 2008, published in Izvestiya AN. Fizika Atmosfery i Okeana, 2008, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 206–220.

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Chayka, A.M., Timofeyev, Y.M. & Polyakov, A.V. Integral microphysical parameters of stratospheric background aerosol for 2002–2005 (the SAGE III satellite experiment). Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 44, 193–206 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433808020072

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