Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement II
Data obtained from the Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement (SAM) II instrument, which flew on board the Nimbus-7 satellite, are used to determine the vertical distribution of stratospheric aerosols in the polar regions of both hemispheres.
Disciplines: Aerosols
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SAM2_AERO_PRF_NAT_1
The Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement II (SAM II) Data set (SAM2_AERO_PRF_NAT) |
Aerosols |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: -90), (W: -180, E: 180) Vertical Resolution Range: 100 meters - < 1 km Vertical Resolution: 1 km Altitude |
Temporal Coverage: 1978-10-29 - 1993-12-18 Temporal Resolution Range: Hourly - < Daily Temporal Resolution: Sunrise/Sunset Event |
SAM-II Mission Publications
Pitts, Michael C.; Poole, Lamont R.; Gonzalez, Ryan (2018). Polar stratospheric cloud climatology based on CALIPSO spaceborne lidar measurements from 2006 to 2017.
Wang P-H, Kent GS, Powell KA, Yue GK, Poole LR, McCormick PM (2000). Properties of the 1979 SAM II Antarctic 1.0-µm extinction coefficients: Implications of dehydration and seasonal evolution of the Antarctic polar vortex. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105 (D7), 9407. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999JD901123
Stenchikov GL, Kirchner I, Robock A, Graf H-F., Antuna J C, Grainger RG, Lambert A, Thomason L (1998). Radiative forcing from the 1991 Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103 (D12), 13837. https://doi.org/10.1029/98JD00693