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Polar Stratospheric Cloud


Polar Stratospheric Cloud
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Copyright: Yngve Nilsson (yngve) (111)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-01-25
Categories: Sky
Camera: Nikon Coolpix L4
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-10-02 1:21
Viewed: 662
Points: 0
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs), also known as nacreous clouds, are clouds in the winter polar stratosphere at altitudes of 15,000–25,000 metres (50,000–80,000 ft). They are implicated in the formation of ozone holes; their effects on ozone depletion arise because they support chemical reactions that produce active chlorine which catalyzes ozone destruction, and also because they remove gaseous nitric acid, perturbing nitrogen and chlorine cycles in a way which increases ozone destruction.

Stratosfären är mycket torr och moln liknande de i troposfären bildas därför sällan på så hög höjd. Undantag utgör dock de extremt kalla vintrarna kring Norra ishavet och, i ännu högre grad, i Antarktis då temperaturen kan sjunka ned under -80°C. När dessa moln bildas där gör jordens krökning i kombination med molnens hög höjd att de träffas av solljus före gryning och efter skymning. Molnen reflekterar solljuset ned till marken där de upplevs som fluorescenta.

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