A. V. Nevzorov, S. I. Dolgii, A. P. Makeev, V. N. Marichev, D. A. Bochkovsky, N. S. Salnikova, O. V. Kharchenko
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Abstract
Two lidar stations of Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, recorded pronounced aerosol layers in the stratosphere over Tomsk on February 5 and 6, 2025. The analysis of lidar and additional meteorological information showed the occurrence of a rather rare phenomenon for middle latitudes, i.e., polar stratospheric clouds, at that time. The constructed back trajectories of air masses at the altitudes of the formation of polar stratospheric clouds over Tomsk showed that abnormally cold air masses were brought from the polar regions of Norway and Greenland. The results can be useful for specialists in atmospheric physics, climatology, and environmental protection.
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Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics is an international peer reviewed journal that presents experimental and theoretical articles relevant to a wide range of problems of atmospheric and oceanic optics, ecology, and climate. The journal coverage includes: scattering and transfer of optical waves, spectroscopy of atmospheric gases, turbulent and nonlinear optical phenomena, adaptive optics, remote (ground-based, airborne, and spaceborne) sensing of the atmosphere and the surface, methods for solving of inverse problems, new equipment for optical investigations, development of computer programs and databases for optical studies. Thematic issues are devoted to the studies of atmospheric ozone, adaptive, nonlinear, and coherent optics, regional climate and environmental monitoring, and other subjects.