From: Estelle Condon (econdon at mail.arc.nasa.gov
Organization: NASA

Research Area: Chemistry and Aerosols

Mission: Understanding Clouds & Aerosols and their impact on the lower stratosphere

Variability of water vapor, temperature, aerosols, and clouds in the mid-latitude tropopause region: implications for lower stratospheric chemistry. Lower stratospheric impacts cannot be adequately addressed by satellites, and the DC-8 doesn't get you very far into the lower stratosphere. Instrumentation for measuring aerosol composition, ice crystal size distribution, water vapor, temperature, and chemical species such as chlorine nitrate would be needed.

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