Past changes in the vertical distribution of ozone - Part 1: Measurement techniques, uncertainties and availability
Journal article, 2014
Peak stratospheric chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) and other ozone depleting substance (ODS) concentrations were reached in the mid- to late 1990s. Detection and attribution of the expected recovery of the stratospheric ozone layer in an atmosphere with reduced ODSs as well as efforts to understand the evolution of stratospheric ozone in the presence of increasing greenhouse gases are key current research topics. These require a critical examination of the ozone changes with an accurate knowledge of the spatial (geographical and vertical) and temporal ozone response. For such an examination, it is vital that the quality of the measurements used be as high as possible and measurement uncertainties well quantified. In preparation for the 2014 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)/World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion, the SPARC/IO3C/IGACO-O3/NDACC (SI2N) Initiative was designed to study and document changes in the global ozone profile distribution. This requires assessing long-term ozone profile data sets in regards to measurement stability and uncertainty characteristics. The ultimate goal is to establish suitability for estimating long-term ozone trends to contribute to ozone recovery studies. Some of the data sets have been improved as part of this initiative with updated versions now available. This summary presents an overview of stratospheric ozone profile measurement data sets (ground and satellite based) available for ozone recovery studies. Here we document measurement techniques, spatial and temporal coverage, vertical resolution, native units and measurement uncertainties. In addition, the latest data versions are briefly described (including data version updates as well as detailing multiple retrievals when available for a given satellite instrument). Archive location information for each data set is also given.
Stratosphere
Earth observation
Ozone
Satellite
Author
B. Hassler
University of Colorado at Boulder
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
I. Petropavlovskikh
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
University of Colorado at Boulder
J. Staehelin
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH)
T. August
European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
P. K. Bhartia
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
C. Clerbaux
Universite de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
D. Degenstein
University of Saskatchewan
M. De Mazière
Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB)
B. M. Dinelli
L'Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e del Clima (CNR-ISAC)
A. Dudhia
University of Oxford
G. Dufour
University of Paris-Est
S. M. Frith
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
L. Froidevaux
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
S. Godin-Beekmann
Universite de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
J. Granville
Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB)
N. R. P. Harris
University of Cambridge
K. Hoppel
Naval Research Laboratory
D. Hubert
Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB)
Y. Kasai
Japan National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
M. J. Kurylo
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
E. Kyrölä
Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
P. F. Levelt
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
C. T. McElroy
University of York
R. D. McPeters
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
R. Munro
European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
H. Nakajima
National Institute for Environmental Studies of Japan
A. Parrish
University of Massachusetts
P. Raspollini
National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
E. E. Remsberg
NASA Langley Research Center
K. H. Rosenlof
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
A. Rozanov
Universität Bremen
T. Sano
Kyoto University
Y. Sasano
M. Shiotani
Kyoto University
H. G. J. Smit
G. Stiller
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research
J. Tamminen
Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
D. W. Tarasick
Environment Canada
Joachim Urban
Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Global Environmental Measurements and Modelling
R. J. van der A
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
J. P. Veefkind
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
C. Vigouroux
Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB)
T. von Clarmann
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
C. von Savigny
University of Greifswald
K. A. Walker
University of Waterloo
University of Toronto
M. Weber
Universität Bremen
J. Wild
J. M. Zawodny
NASA Langley Research Center
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
1867-1381 (ISSN) 1867-8548 (eISSN)
Vol. 7 5 1395-1427Driving Forces
Sustainable development
Subject Categories
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
Climate Research
DOI
10.5194/amt-7-1395-2014