Published February 6, 2026
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The Volume of Polar Stratospheric Clouds (VPSC)
Description
The PSC volumes calculated from the ERA5 temperature data between 370-550 K. The threshold for ICE clouds is 185 K and for NAT clouds 194 K.
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vpsc-370-550_1994-2024.txt
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Additional details
Related works
- Is derived from
- Dataset: https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu (URL)
FMI metadata
- Parameter
- Data levels (meter, hectoPascal, degree, sigma pressure levels, other) in vertical direction(+/-) for example 1500 m or 850 hPa
- Topic category
- http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/TopicCategory/climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Parameter name
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VPSC
Parameter unit
:
10^6 km^3
Parameter description
:
Volume of polar stratospheric clouds calculated from ERA5 temperatures
Level
:
370/550
Level unit
:
degree
Temporal Coverage
Ranges:
Start date: 1994-01-01
End date: 2024-12-31
End date: 2024-12-31