Implications of extinction due to meteoritic smoke in the upper stratosphere
@article{Neely2011ImplicationsOE, title={Implications of extinction due to meteoritic smoke in the upper stratosphere}, author={Ryan R. Neely and Jason M. English and Owen Brian Toon and Susan Solomon and Michael J. Mills and Jeffery P. Thayer}, journal={Geophysical Research Letters}, year={2011}, volume={38} }
Recent optical observations of aerosols in the upper stratosphere and mesosphere show significant amounts of extinction at altitudes above about 40 km where the stratospheric sulfate aerosol layer ends. Recent modeling of this region reveals that meteoritic smoke settling from the mesosphere and its interaction with the upper part of the sulfate aerosol layer is the origin of the observed extinction. Extinction in this region has major implications for the interpretation and analysis of several…
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