A method for the determination of the vertical ozone distribution from a satellite

Singer, S. Fred; Wentworth, R. C.

doi:10.1029/jz062i002p00299

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“…The possibility of estimating the ozone profile from backscattered ultraviolet measurements was suggested by Singer and Wentworth (1957). Satellite applications on the technique have been reported by Rawcliffe and Elliott (1966), Krasnopol'skiy (1966), Iozenas et al (1968), Iozenas et al (1969aIozenas et al ( , 1969b, and Anderson et al (1969).…”

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Variations in the stratospheric ozone field inferred from Nimbus satellite observations

Krueger¹,

Heath

Mateer

1973

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The ultraviolet earth radiance data from the Backscatter Ultraviolet Experiment on Nimbus 4 have been inverted to infer ozone profiles using a single Rayleigh scattering model. Two methods of solution give essentially the same results. Comparisons of these profiles with simultaneous rocket sounding data shows satisfactory agreement at low and middle latitudes.Vertical cross sections of ozone mixing ratio along the orbital tracks indicate that while the gross characteristics of the ozone field above 10 mb are under photochemical control, the influence of atmospheric motions can be found up to the 4 mb level.

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Variations in the stratospheric ozone field inferred from Nimbus satellite observations

Krueger¹,

Heath

Mateer

1973

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“…These problems can be partly overcome by using satellite-based measurements. In 1957 the first algorithm was described for calculating the energy in the incident radiation at a satellite-based detector measuring backscattered solar light (Singer and Wentworth, 1957). A few years later Twomey (1961) showed how to actually retrieve the ozone concentration from the incident radiation at the detector.…”

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Ozone ProfilE Retrieval Algorithm (OPERA) for nadir-looking satellite instruments in the UV–VIS

Peet

Tuinder

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Atmos. Meas. Tech.

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Abstract. For the retrieval of the vertical distribution of ozone in the atmosphere the Ozone ProfilE Retrieval Algorithm (OPERA) has been further developed. The new version (1.26) of OPERA is capable of retrieving ozone profiles from UV-VIS observations of most nadir-looking satellite instruments like GOME, SCIAMACHY, OMI and GOME-2. The setup of OPERA is described and results are presented for GOME and GOME-2 observations. The retrieved ozone profiles are globally compared to ozone sondes for the years 1997 and 2008. Relative differences between GOME/GOME-2 and ozone sondes are within the limits as specified by the user requirements from the Climate Change Initiative (CCI) programme of ESA (20 % in the troposphere, 15 % in the stratosphere). To demonstrate the performance of the algorithm under extreme circumstances, the 2009 Antarctic ozone hole season was investigated in more detail using GOME-2 ozone profiles and lidar data, which showed an unusual persistence of the vortex over the Río Gallegos observing station (51 • S, 69.3 • W). By applying OPERA to multiple instruments, a time series of ozone profiles from 1996 to 2013 from a single robust algorithm can be created.

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“…This approach exploits the different penetration depths at different wavelengths to obtain information on the vertical distribution of O 3 . It was first described by Singer and Wentworth (1957) and then used by Bhartia et al (1996Bhartia et al ( , 2013, Munro et al (1998), Hoogen et al (1998Hoogen et al ( , 1999 and Liu et al (2006Liu et al ( , 2010 among others to retrieve O 3 profiles at a moderate to low vertical resolution. This method, however, requires very accurate measurements between 250 and 350 nm of the upwelling radiation at the top of atmosphere, which changes in this range by several orders of magnitude.…”

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Tropospheric column amount of ozone retrieved from SCIAMACHY limb–nadir-matching observations

Ebojie

Savigny

Ladstätter-Weißenmayer³

et al. 2014

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Abstract. Tropospheric ozone (O 3 ), has two main sources: transport from the stratosphere and photochemical production in the troposphere. It plays important roles in atmospheric chemistry and climate change. Its amount and destruction are being modified by anthropogenic activity. Global measurements are needed to test our understanding of its sources and sinks. In this paper, we describe the retrieval of tropospheric O 3 columns (TOCs) from the combined limb and nadir observations (hereinafter referred to as limb-nadir-matching (LNM)) of the SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY (SCIAMACHY) instrument, which flew as part of the payload onboard the European Space Agency (ESA) satellite Envisat (2002Envisat ( -2012. The LNM technique used in this study is a residual approach that subtracts stratospheric O 3 columns (SOCs), retrieved from the limb observations, from the total O 3 columns (TOZs), derived from the nadir observations. The technique requires accurate knowledge of the SOCs, TOZs, tropopause height, and their associated errors. The SOCs were determined from the stratospheric O 3 profiles retrieved in the Hartley and Chappuis bands from SCIAMACHY limb scattering measurements. The TOZs were also derived from SCIAMACHY measurements, but in this case from the nadir viewing mode using the Weighting Function Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (WFDOAS) technique in the Huggins band. Comparisons of the TOCs from SCIAMACHY and collocated measurements from ozonesondes in both hemispheres between January 2003 and December 2011 show agreement to within 2-5 DU (1 DU = 2.69 × 10 16 molecules cm −2 ). TOC values from SCIAMACHY have also been compared to the results from the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) and from the LNM technique exploiting Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) and Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) data (hereinafter referred to as OMI/MLS). All compared data sets agree within the given data product error range and exhibit similar seasonal variations, which, however, differ in amplitude. The spatial distributions of tropospheric O 3 in the SCIAMACHY LNM TOC product show characteristic variations related to stratosphere-troposphere exchange (STE) processes, anthropogenic activities and biospheric emissions.

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A method for the determination of the vertical ozone distribution from a satellite

Cited by 76 publications

References 7 publications

Variations in the stratospheric ozone field inferred from Nimbus satellite observations

Variations in the stratospheric ozone field inferred from Nimbus satellite observations

Ozone ProfilE Retrieval Algorithm (OPERA) for nadir-looking satellite instruments in the UV–VIS

Tropospheric column amount of ozone retrieved from SCIAMACHY limb–nadir-matching observations

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