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Mar 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991georl..18..416a&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 18, March 1991, p. 416-419.
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Atmospheric Temperature, Greenhouse Effect, Mesosphere, Optical Radar, Radiant Cooling, Atmospheric Composition, Carbon Dioxide Concentration, Fluorocarbons, Methane
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The largest atmospheric temperature changes due to the increase of greenhouse gases are expected in the 40 to 60 km altitude region, where enhanced infrared cooling decreases the temperature. Ten-year (1980-1990) temperature trends at 55 km and 0.4 mb, derived using data from the ground-based lidar at Haute Provence, (France), and the SSU-instrument channel 47X on several satellites, are presented. These data show temperature decreases that are as large and in some cases exceed predictions based on current models. At 44 deg N, the ground-based lidar and satellite techniques give a negative trend of -0.10 + or - 0.04 percent per year and -0.14 + or - 0.02 percent per year, respectively. Agreement between these two data sets based on different measurement techniques gives confidence in the detected trends at this latitude. Further analysis of the SSU 47X satellite data between 45 deg S and 45 deg N indicates a maximum decline of 0.16 percent per year near 30 deg N. A minimum trend decrease of 0.07 percent per year is detected between 20 and 30 deg S. Based on NOAA satellite radiance observations, these long-term temperature changes are larger than changes at any of the other stratospheric levels below 55 km monitored during this period.
Aikin Arthur C.
Chanin Marie-Lise
Kendig David J.
Nash John
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