Speaker: Mike Mills, LASP, University of Colorado
Time: December 20, 2006, 1:30 pm, CG1-2126
Title: The mesospheric sulfate aerosol layer
Abstract:
We investigate the heretofore-unstudied role of volcanic and non-
volcanic sulfur aerosols and gases in the mesosphere. Two- dimensional
microphysical calculations show that sulfur may be an important source
of particles below the cold summer mesopause. Observed increases in
SO2 with altitude in the upper stratosphere had previously suggested
ultraviolet destruction of H2SO4, discounting its survival in the
mesosphere.
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