CLIMATE DATA RECORD OF STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS (CREST)
Prime company: FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE (FI)Stratospheric aerosols impact the radiative forcing and thus the energy balance of the Earth’s atmosphere, therefore information about their distribution and variability is of high importance for climate related studies. The main scientific objective of the project CREST is creating a new merged long-term time series of the vertically resolved aerosol extinction coefficients using data …