Some Statistically Average Characteristics of Occurrence of Aerosol Scattering in the Middle Atmosphere of Kamchatka

Bychkov V.V.1, Shevtsov B.M.1, Marichev V.N.2, 3
  1. Institute of Cosmophysical Research and Radio Wave Propagation FEB RAS, Mirnaya 7, Paratunka, Kamchatka krai
  2. V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, pl. Akademika Zueva 1, Tomsk
  3. National Research Tomsk State University, pr. Lenina 36, Tomsk

 We study the scattering ratio profiles obtained from lidar station IKIR FEB RAS (Kamchatka) from 2007 to 2011, during the cold period October-March. Obtained average profiles in the mesosphere have maxima at heights of 65, 69, and 75 km. Negative correlations between the average scattering ratio and temperature in the mesosphere during a stratospheric warming, and in the stratosphere in the serene days are found.

V. V. Bychkov, B. M. Shevtsov, and V. N. Marichev, Some Statistically Average Characteristics of Occurrence of Aerosol Scattering in the Middle Atmosphere of Kamchatka // Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics, 2013, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 104–106.