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Thomason & Poole 1993
Thomason, L.W. and Poole, L.R. (1993). Use of stratospheric aerosol properties as diagnostics of Antarctic vortex processes. Journal of Geophysical Research 98: doi: 10.1029/93JD02461. issn: 0148-0227.

Physical properties of the stratospheric aerosol population are inferred from cloud-free SAGE II multiwavelength extinction measurements in the Antarctic during late summer (February/March) and spring (September/October, November). Seasonal changes in these properties are used to infer physical processes occurring in the Antarctic stratosphere over the course of the winter. The analysis suggests that the apparent springtime cleansing of the Antarctic stratosphere is the result of aerosol redistribution through subsidence of the polar vortex air mass and sedimentation of large polar stratospheric cloud particles. The analysis also suggests that vortex processes are responsible for a significant downward transport of aerosol through the tropopause. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1993

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Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Middle atmosphere dynamics, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Aerosols and particles, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Middle atmosphere—composition and chemistry, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Polar meteorology
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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