Use of stratospheric aerosol properties as diagnostics of Antarctic vortex processes
- 20 December 1993
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
- Vol. 98 (D12) , 23003-23012
- https://doi.org/10.1029/93jd02461
Abstract
Physical properties of the stratospheric aerosol population are inferred from cloud‐free SAGE II multiwavelength extinction measurements in the Antarctic during late summer (February/March) and spring (September/October, November). Seasonal changes in these properties are used to infer physical processes occurring in the Antarctic stratosphere over the course of the winter. The analysis suggests that the apparent springtime cleansing of the Antarctic stratosphere is the result of aerosol redistribution through subsidence of the polar vortex air mass and sedimentation of large polar stratospheric cloud particles. The analysis also suggests that vortex processes are responsible for a significant downward transport of aerosol through the tropopause.Keywords
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