MLS Research on Stratospheric Long-Lived Tracers

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Recent Results Date: 19 March 2007 N₂O mask data is now available which will allow users to better choose useful Aura MLS N₂O profiles. These masks have been processed for all Level 2 days of Aura MLS v1.5 data and are available at the MLS FTP site: ftp://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/outgoing/n2o_mask The data are available as ASCII text and IDL save file formats. Plots of daily profiles and daily summaries are available here.

MLS-related publications concerning stratospheric long-lived tracers 2011 Allen, D.R., "Modeling the Frozen-In Anticyclone in the 2005 Arctic Summer Stratosphere", vol doi:10.5194/acp-11-4557-2011, num 11, 2011. Preprint Lahoz, W.A., "The 2009 stratospheric major warming described from synergistic use of BASCOE water vapour analyses and MLS observations", vol doi:10.5194/acp-11-4689-2011, num 11, 2011. Preprint

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