Dynamics of optical parameters of the stratospheric aerosol layer following the eruption of Mt Pinatubo from lidar data
Résumé
An experimental investigation of the dynamics of stratospheric aerosol layer following the eruption of Mt, Pinatubo has been carried out at the lidar station of the Stepanov Institute of Physics, Belarussian Academy of Sciences (Minsk, 53.85 degrees N, 27.5 degrees E). Stable regularities in the behavior of the stratospheric aerosol layer following the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo are established from a statistical analysis of vertical profiles of the total-to-Rayleigh backscattering ratio, These profiles are classified and their dynamics are investigated in terms of the profile classes.