Some pointers to additional information about the SAM II data record.
The principal reference for users wishing to work with the SAM II data is:
Chu, W. P., M. T. Osborn, and L. R. McMaster, SAM II Data Users' Guide, NASA RP-1200, July 1988.
Chu, W. P. and M. P. McCormick, Inversion of Stratospheric Aerosol and Gaseous Constituents From Spacecraft Solar Extinction Data in the 0.38-1.0 5 micron Wavelength Region, Appl. Opt., 18, no. 9, 1404-1413, May 1, 1979. Hamill, P. and L. R. McMaster, Polar Stratospheric Clouds - Their Role in Atmospheric Processes, NASA CP-2318, 1984.
Hamill, P., O. B. Toon, and R. P. Turco, Characteristics of Polar Stratospheric Clouds During the Formation of the Antarctic Ozone Hole, Geophys. Res. Lett.,13, no. 12, Nov. Suppl., 1288-1291, 1986.
Hamill, P., O. B. Toon, and R. P. Turco, Aerosol Nucleation in the Winter Arctic and Antarctic Stratospheres, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 417-420, 1990.
Hamill, P. and O. B. Toon, Denitrification of the Polar Winter Stratosphere: Implications of SAM II Cloud Formation Temperatures, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 441-444, 1990.
Hofmann, D. J. and J. M. Rosen, On the Temporal Variation of Stratospheric Aerosol Size and Mass During the First 18 Months Following the 1982 Eruptions of El Chichon, J. Geophys. Res., 89, no. D3, 4883-4890, June 20, 1984.
Kent, G. S. and M. P. McCormick, SAGE and SAM II Measurements of Global Stratospheric Aerosol Optical Depth and Mass Loading, J. Geophys. Res., 89, no. D4, 5303-5314, June 30, 1984.
Kent, G. S., C. R. Trepte, U. O. Farrukh, and M. P. McCormick, Variation in the Stratospheric Aerosol Associated With the North Cyclonic Polar Vortex as Measured by the SAM II Satellite Sensor, J. Atmos. Sci., 42, no. 14, 1536-1551, July 15, 1985.
Kent, G. S., P.-H. Wang, U. O. Farrukh, and G. K. Yue, Validation of SAM II and SAGE Satellite, Final Report, NASA CR-178256, April 1987.
Kent, G. S., U. O. Farrukh, P.-H. Wang, and A. Deepak, SAGE I and SAM II Measurements of 1.0 micron Aerosol Extinction in the Free Troposphere, J. Appl. Meteorol., 27, 269-279, March 1988.
Madrid, C. R., The Nimbus 7 Users' Guide, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA TM-79969, August 1978.
McCormick, M. P., P. Hamill, T. J. Pepin, W. P. Chu, T. J. Swissler, and L. R. McMaster, Satellite Studies of the Stratospheric Aerosol, Bull. American Meteorol. Soc., 60, no. 9, 1038-1046, September 1979.
McCormick, M. P., W. P. Chu, L. R. McMaster, G. W. Grams, B. M. Herman, T. J. Pepin, P. B. Russell, T. J. Swissler, SAM II Aerosol Profile Measurements, Poker Flat, Alaska, July 16-19, 1979, Geophys. Res. Lett., 8, no. 1, 3-4, January 1981.
McCormick, M. P., W. P. Chu, G. W. Grams, P. Hamill, B. M. Herman, L. R. McMaster, T. J. Pepin, P. B. Russell, H. M. Steele, and T. J. Swissler, High-Latitude Stratospheric Aerosols Measured by the SAM II Satellite System in 1978 and 1979, Science, 214, no. 4518, 328-331, October 16, 1981.
McCormick, M. P., H. M. Steele, P. Hamill, W. P. Chu, and T. J. Swissler, Polar Stratospheric Cloud Sightings by SAM II, J. Atmos. Sci., 39, no. 6, 1387-1397, June 1982.
McCormick, M. P., C. R. Trepte, and G. S. Kent, Spatial Changes in the Stratospheric Aerosol Associated With the North Polar Vortex, Geophys. Res. Lett., 10, no. 10, 941-944, October 1983.
McCormick, M. P., P. Hamill, and U. O. Farrukh, Characteristics of Polar Stratospheric Clouds as Observed by SAM II, SAGE, and Lidar, J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 63, no. 2, 267-276, April 1985.
McCormick, M. P. and J. C. Larsen, Antarctic Springtime Measurements of Ozone, Nitrogen Dioxide, and Aerosol Extinction by SAM II, SAGE, and SAGE II, Geophys. Res. Lett., 13, no. 12, Nov. Suppl., 1280-1283, 1986.
McCormick, M. P. and C. R. Trepte, SAM II Measurements of Antarctic PSC's and Aerosols, Geophys. Res. Lett., 13, no. 12, Nov. Suppl., 1276-1279, 1986.
McCormick, M. P. and C. R. Trepte, Polar Stratospheric Optical Depth Observed Between 1978 and 1985, J. Geophys. Res., 92, no. D4, 4297-4306, April 20, 1987.
McCormick, M. P., C. R. Trepte, and M. C. Pitts, Persistence of Polar Stratospheric Clouds in the Southern Polar Region, J. Geophys. Res., 94, no. D9, 11241-11251, August 30, 1989.
McCormick, M. P., P.-H. Wang, and M. C. Pitts, Background Stratospheric Aerosol and Polar Stratospheric Cloud Reference Models, Advances in Space Research, 13, no. 1, 7-29, 1993.
McCormick, M. P., P.-H. Wang, and L. R. Poole, Chapter 8: Stratospheric Aerosols and Clouds, pp. 205-222, Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions. Edited by Peter V. Hobbs, Copyright by Academic Press, Inc., Harcourt Brace & Company, 1993.
McMaster, L. R., Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE II), Sixth Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, American Meteorological Soc., J46-J48, 1986.
Osborn, M. T. and C. R. Trepte, SAM II and SAGE Data Management and Processing, NASA CR-178244, February 1987.
Osborn, M. T., M. C. Pitts, K. A. Powell, and M. P. McCormick, SAM II Aerosol Measurements During the 1989 AASE, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 397-400, 1990.
Osborn, M. T., L. R. Poole, and P.-H. Wang, SAM II and Lidar Aerosol Profile Comparisons During AASE, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 401-404, 1990.
Pepin, T. J. and M. P. McCormick, Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement Experiment MA-007, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project - Preliminary Science Report, NASA TMX-58173, 1976.
Pitts, M. C., L. R. Poole, and M. P. McCormick, Climatology of Polar Stratospheric Clouds Determined From SAM II Observations, in Digest of Topical Meeting on Optical Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, 1990, (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1990), 4, 206-209.
Pitts, M. C. and L. W. Thomason, The Impact of the Eruptions of Mount Pinatubo and Cerro Hudson on Antarctic Aerosol Levels During the 1991 Austral Spring, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, no. 22, 2451-2454, November 19, 1993.
Poole, L. R. and M. P. McCormick, Polar Stratospheric Clouds and the Antarctic Ozone Hole, J. Geophys. Res., 93, no. D7, 8423-8430, July 20, 1988.
Poole, L. R., S. Solomon, M. P. McCormick, and M. C. Pitts, The Interannual Variability of Polar Stratospheric Clouds and Related Parameters in Antarctica During September and October, Geophys. Res. Lett., 16, 1157-1160, 1989.
Poole, L. R. and M. C. Pitts, Polar Stratospheric Cloud Climatology Based on SAM II Observations from 1978-1989, in press, J. Geophys. Res., 1994.
Pueschel, R. F., K. G. Snetsinger, P. Hamill, J. K. Goodman, and M. P. McCormick, Nitric Acid in Polar Stratospheric Clouds: Similar Temperature of Nitric Acid Condensation and Cloud Formation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 429-432, 1990.
Russell, P. B., M. P. McCormick, L. R. McMaster, T. J. Pepin, W. P. Chu, and T. J. Swissler, SAM II Ground-Truth Plan Correlative Measurements for the Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement II (SAM II) Sensor on the NIMBUS G Satellite, NASA TM-78747, 1978.
Russell, P. B., M. P. McCormick, T. J. Swissler, W. P. Chu, J. M. Livingston, W. H. Fuller, Jr., J. M. Rosen, D. J. Hofmann, L. R. McMaster, D. C. Woods, and T. J. Pepin, Satellite and Correlative Measurements of the Stratospheric Aerosol II: Comparison of Measurements Made by SAM II, Dustsondes and an Airborne Lidar, J. Atmos. Sci., 38, no. 6, 1295-1312, June 1981.
Russell, P. B., T. J. Swissler, M. P. McCormick, W. P. Chu, J. M. Livingston, and T. J. Pepin, Satellite and Correlative Measurements of the Stratospheric Aerosol I: An Optical Model for Data Conversions, J. Atmos. Sci., 38, no. 6, 1279-1294, June 1981.
Russell, P. B., M. P. McCormick, T. J. Swissler, J. M. Rosen, D. J. Hofmann, and L. R. McMaster, Satellite Correlative Measurements of the Stratospheric Aerosol III: Comparison of Measurements by SAM II, SAGE, Dustsondes, Filters, Impactors and Lidar, J. Atmos. Sci., 41, no. 11, 1791-1800, June 1, 1984.
Russell, James M., III, Middle Atmosphere Program - Handbook for MAP, Volume 22, Univ. of Illinois, NASA CR-180128, September 1986.
Steele, H. M., P. Hamill, M. P. McCormick, and T. J. Swissler, The Formation of Polar Stratospheric Clouds, J. Atmos. Sci., 40, no. 8, 2055-2067, August 1983.
Turco, R. P., O. B. Toon, and P. Hamill, Heterogeneous Physiochemistry of the Polar Ozone Hole, J. Geophys. Res., 94, no. D14, 16493-16510, November 30, 1989.
Twomey, S., Introduction to the Mathematics of Inversion in Remote Sensing and Indirect Measurements, Elsevier Scientific Publ. Co., 1977.
Wang, P.-H. and M. P. McCormick, Behavior of Zonal Mean Aerosol Extinction Ratio and Its Relationship With Zonal Mean Temperature During the Winter 1978-1979 Stratospheric Warming, J. Geophys. Res., 90, no. D1, 2360-2364, February 20, 1985.
Wang, P.-H. and M. P. McCormick, Variations in Stratospheric Aerosol Optical Depth During Northern Warmings, J. Geophys. Res., 90, no. D6, 10597-10606, October 20, 1985.
Watterson, I. G. and A. F. Tuck, A Comparison of the Longitudinal Distributions of Polar Stratospheric Clouds and Temperatures for the 1987 Antarctic Spring, J.Geophys. Res., 94, no. D14, 16511-16525, November 30, 1989.
Yue, G. K., M. P. McCormick, and W. P. Chu, A Comparative Study of Aerosol Extinction Measurements Made by the SAM II and SAGE Satellite Experiments, J. Geophys. Res., 89, no. D4, 5321-5327, June 30, 1984.