Validation of ozone data from the Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder (SMILES)
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2013

The Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder (SMILES) onboard the International Space Station provided global measurements of ozone profiles in the middle atmosphere from 12 October 2009 to 21 April 2010. We present validation studies of the SMILES version 2.1 ozone product based on coincidence statistics with satellite observations and outputs of chemistry and transport models (CTMs). Comparisons of the stratospheric ozone with correlative data show agreements that are generally within 10%. In the mesosphere, the agreement is also good and better than 30% even at a high altitude of 73km, and the SMILES measurements with their local time coverage also capture the diurnal variability very well. The recommended altitude range for scientific use is from 16 to 73km. We note that the SMILES ozone values for altitude above 26km are smaller than some of the correlative satellite datasets; conversely the SMILES values in the lower stratosphere tend to be larger than correlative data, particularly in the tropics, with less than 8% difference below similar to 24km. The larger values in the lower stratosphere are probably due to departure of retrieval results between two detection bands at altitudes below 28km; it is similar to 3% at 24km and is increasing rapidly down below.

middle atmosphere

ozone chemistry

atmospheric composition

atmospheric transport

Författare

Koji Imai

JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

N. Manago

Chiba University

C. Mitsuda

Fujitsu FTP Corporation

Yoko Naito

Kyoto University

Eriko Nishimoto

Kyoto University

Takatoshi Sakazaki

Hokkaido University

M. Fujiwara

Hokkaido University

L. Froidevaux

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

T. von Clarmann

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

G.P. Stiller

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Donal Murtagh

Chalmers, Rymd- och geovetenskap, Global miljömätteknik

Ping-ping Rong

Hampton University

Martin G. Mlynczak

Hampton University

K. A. Walker

University of Waterloo

University of Toronto

D. Kinnison

National Center for Atmospheric Research

Hideharu Akiyoshi

National Institute for Environmental Studies of Japan

Tetsu Nakamura

National Institute for Environmental Studies of Japan

National Institute of Polar Research

Takayuki Miyasaka

Fujitsu FTP Corporation

T. Nishibori

JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

S. Mizobuchi

K. Kikuchi

Japan National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

H. Ozeki

Toho University

C. Takahashi

Fujitsu FTP Corporation

Hiroo Hayashi

Fujitsu FTP Corporation

Takuki Sano

JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

M. Suzuki

JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Masahiro Takayanagi

JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

M. Shiotani

Kyoto University

JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Journal of Geophysical Research

01480227 (ISSN) 21562202 (eISSN)

Vol. 118 11 5750-5769

Ämneskategorier

Meteorologi och atmosfärforskning

DOI

10.1002/jgrd.50434

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