Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Jan 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981georl...8...26p&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 8, Jan. 1981, p. 26-28.
Physics
Optics
24
Aerosols, Atmospheric Turbulence, Radiative Transfer, Stratosphere, Atmospheric Heating, Atmospheric Optics, Climatology, Environment Effects, Mie Scattering, Stratospheric Warming, Volcanoes
Scientific paper
A series of Mie scattering calculations has been performed to define the wavelength-dependent, single scattering properties of aerosols present in the stratosphere during July 1979. Additional radiative transfer computations were conducted to assess the impact of aerosols on the earth's radiation budget. For these purposes, an extensive set of measurements of aerosol characteristics that were obtained in Alaska from aircraft and satellite platforms was used. At that time, the optical depth was too small for aerosols to significantly impact earth's climate. But the optical depth of the stratospheric aerosol layer has been large enough during some volcanically perturbed periods for the aerosols to have caused a noticeable warming of the stratosphere and cooling of the troposphere.
Pollack Jonathan R.
Toon Brian O.
Wiedman D.
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