Lidar monitoring of stratospheric aerosols at Hampton, Virginia

David C. Woods; Mary T. Osborn; Patricia L. Lucker

doi:10.1117/12.463021

18 April 2003 Lidar monitoring of stratospheric aerosols at Hampton, Virginia

David C. Woods, Mary T. Osborn, Patricia L. Lucker

Proceedings Volume 4882, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere VII; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.463021
Event: International Symposium on Remote Sensing, 2002, Crete, Greece

Abstract

Recent lidar measurements at Hampton, Virginia (37.1N, 76.3W) indicate that the current mid-latitude stratospheric aerosol level, after recovery from the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, is lower than the background level measure during the vocanically quiescent period in 1979. This suggests that perhaps the natural stratospheric aerosol background may be lower than previously thought. Volcanically inactive periods, such as the periods after the 1982 El Chichon eruption and again after the 1991 Pinatubo eruption, provide opportunities to study long-term trends in volcanic aerosol decay. And, the present state of very low aerosol loading in the stratosphere, provides opportunities to study and gain a better understanding of the natural background aerosol.

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David C. Woods, Mary T. Osborn, and Patricia L. Lucker "Lidar monitoring of stratospheric aerosols at Hampton, Virginia", Proc. SPIE 4882, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere VII, (18 April 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.463021

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