Post-Pinatubo`s aerosols: Comparison between balloon and satellite solar occultation measurements

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OSTI ID:220676

Brogniez, C; Lenoble, J; Herman, M ^[1]

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1. Univ. des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d`Ascq (France). Lab. d`Optique Atmospherique

The Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II), that was launched in October 1984, has monitored the stratospheric aerosol layer after the Pinatubo`s eruption. Two flights of the balloon-borne experiment RADIBAL (RADIometre BALlon) were performed in June 1992 and May 1993 in coincidence with SAGE II events. Because of the large aerosol loading, the inversion of the balloon measurements (consisting in radiance and polarization diagrams) was impracticable. A code taking into account the multiple scatterings has then been used to calculate theoretical diagrams for an aerosol model deduced from SAGE II data. The obtained diagrams have been compared satisfactorily to the experimental ones.

• OSTI ID: 220676
• Report Number(s): CONF-9409265-; ISBN 0-8194-1641-X; TRN: IM9620%%70
• Resource Relation: Conference: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) conference, Rome (Italy), 26-30 Sep 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Atmospheric sensing and modeling; Santer, R.P. [ed.]; PB: 258 p.; Proceedings/SPIE, Volume 2311
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
STRATOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
AEROSOLS
MONITORING
VOLCANOES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS