Validation of Odin/OSIRIS stratospheric NO2 profiles
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2007

This paper presents the validation study of stratospheric NO2 profiles retrieved from Odin/OSIRIS measurements of limb-scattered sunlight (version 2.4). The Optical Spectrograph and Infrared Imager System (OSIRIS) NO2 data set is compared to coincident solar occultation measurements by the Halogen Occultation Experiment (HALOE), Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) II, SAGE III, and Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement (POAM) III during the 2002–2004 period. Comparisons with seven Systeme d'Analyse par Observation Zenithal (SAOZ) balloon measurements are also presented. All comparisons show good agreement, with differences, both random and systematic, of less than 20% between 25 km and 35 km. Inconsistencies with SAGE III below 25 km are found to be caused primarily by diurnal effects from varying NO2 concentrations along the SAGE III line-of-sight. On the basis of the differences, the OSIRIS random uncertainty is estimated to be 16% between 15 km and 25 km, 6% between 25 km and 35 km, and 9% between 35 km and 40 km. The estimated systematic uncertainty is about 22% between 15 and 25 km, 11–21% between 25 km and 35 km, and 11–31% between 35 km and 40 km. The uncertainties for AM (sunrise) profiles are generally largest and systematic deviations are found to be larger at equatorial latitudes. The results of this validation study show that the OSIRIS NO2 profiles are well behaved, with reasonable uncertainty estimates between 15 km and 40 km. This unique NO2 data set, with more than hemispheric coverage and high vertical resolution will be of particular interest for studies of nitrogen chemistry in the middle atmosphere, which is closely linked to ozone depletion.

stratosphere

OSIRIS

NO2

validation

Författare

Samuel Brohede

Chalmers, Institutionen för radio- och rymdvetenskap, Global miljömätteknik

C. S. Haley

York University

C. A. McLinden

Environment Canada

C. E. Sioris

Environment Canada

University of Saskatchewan

Donal Murtagh

Chalmers, Institutionen för radio- och rymdvetenskap, Global miljömätteknik

S. V. Petelina

University of Saskatchewan

E. J. Llewellyn

University of Saskatchewan

A. Bazureau

Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

F. Goutail

Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

C. E. Randall

University of Colorado at Boulder

J. D. Lumpe

G. Taha

L. W. Thomasson

NASA Langley Research Center

L. L. Gordley

GATS, Inc.

Journal of Geophysical Research

01480227 (ISSN) 21562202 (eISSN)

Vol. 112 D07310 DO7310

Ämneskategorier

Meteorologi och atmosfärforskning

DOI

10.1029/2006JD007586

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