We compare Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) version 2 (V002) nadir ozone profiles with ozonesonde profiles from the Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment Ozonesonde Network Study, the World Ozone and Ultraviolet Data Center, the Global Monitoring Division of the Earth System Research Laboratory, and the Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozonesonde archives. Approximately 1600 coincidences spanning 72.5°S–80.3°N from October 2004 to October 2006 are found. The TES averaging kernel and constraint are applied to the ozonesonde data to account for the TES measurement sensitivity and vertical resolution. TES sonde differences are examined in six latitude zones after excluding profiles with thick high clouds. Values for the bias and standard deviation are determined using correlations of mean values of TES ozone and sonde ozone in the upper troposphere (UT) and lower troposphere (LT). The UT biases range from 2.9 to 10.6 ppbv, and the LT biases range from 3.7 to 9.2 ppbv, excluding the Arctic and Antarctic LT where TES sensitivity is low. A similar approach is used to assess seasonal differences in the northern midlatitudes where the density and frequency of sonde measurements are greatest. These results are briefly compared to TES V001 ozone validation work which also used ozonesondes but was carried out prior to improvements in the radiometric calibration and ozone retrieval in V002. Overall, the large number of TES and sonde comparisons indicate a positive bias of approximately 3–10 ppbv for the TES V002 nadir ozone data set and have helped to identify areas of potential improvement for future retrieval versions.

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Abstract. Consecutive 10-min reports by National Data Buoy Cemer buoys are analyzed so as to show the behavior of the anemometer for light and variable low wind speeds and for the mesoscale effects that remain in the 10-min averages for higher wind speeds. It is shown that the major contribution to the scatter in the comparison of NASA Scatterometer winds to data buoy winds is the result of the properties of the data buoy measurements. Calms, light winds and winds over 20 m s '• still need additional study and further efforts at validation.

This poster describes outcomes associated with the integration of a BalloonSAT project in Computer Science curriculum to stimulate minority student recruitment and retention.

This poster describes outcomes associated with the integration of a BalloonSAT project in Computer Science curriculum to stimulate minority student recruitment and retention.