TOVS observation of a Stratospheric cooling during the CHEOPS 3 campaign: February 4-6, 1990, over Scandinavia
- Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau (France)
The authors report on further analysis of a stratospheric cooling event observed by CHEOPS 3 during February 4-6, 1990 over Scandinavia. The CHEOPS 3 observational program provided a large set of data regarding atmospheric conditions in the Arctic polar region which are of use in addressing the question of ozone depletion in the northern hemisphere. A large temperature excursion was observed in this period by the CHEOPS data, and the authors have applied a new inversion to TOVS observations of this same period to attempt to confirm this observation. Such a large excursion would allow the formation of polar stratospheric clouds. They were able to model the general cooling pattern seen by the CHEOPS 3 observations, but not the large temperature dip, and offer an alternative explanation of the accompanying dip in ozone column densities observed over Europe at this time.
- OSTI ID:
- 6118149
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Geophysical Research; (United States), Vol. 98:D4; ISSN 0148-0227
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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