Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (May 2014)
Past changes in the vertical distribution of ozone – Part 1: Measurement techniques, uncertainties and availability
- B. Hassler,
- I. Petropavlovskikh,
- J. Staehelin,
- T. August,
- P. K. Bhartia,
- C. Clerbaux,
- D. Degenstein,
- M. De Mazière,
- B. M. Dinelli,
- A. Dudhia,
- G. Dufour,
- S. M. Frith,
- L. Froidevaux,
- S. Godin-Beekmann,
- J. Granville,
- N. R. P. Harris,
- K. Hoppel,
- D. Hubert,
- Y. Kasai,
- M. J. Kurylo,
- E. Kyrölä,
- J.-C. Lambert,
- P. F. Levelt,
- C. T. McElroy,
- R. D. McPeters,
- R. Munro,
- H. Nakajima,
- A. Parrish,
- P. Raspollini,
- E. E. Remsberg,
- K. H. Rosenlof,
- A. Rozanov,
- T. Sano,
- Y. Sasano,
- M. Shiotani,
- H. G. J. Smit,
- G. Stiller,
- J. Tamminen,
- D. W. Tarasick,
- J. Urban,
- R. J. van der A,
- J. P. Veefkind,
- C. Vigouroux,
- T. von Clarmann,
- C. von Savigny,
- K. A. Walker,
- M. Weber,
- J. Wild,
- J. M. Zawodny
Affiliations
- B. Hassler
- CIRES, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
- I. Petropavlovskikh
- CIRES, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
- J. Staehelin
- ETH-Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- T. August
- EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
- P. K. Bhartia
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
- C. Clerbaux
- UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Université Versailles St-Quentin, CNRS/INSU, LATMOS-IPSL, Paris, France
- D. Degenstein
- University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- M. De Mazière
- Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (IASB-BIRA), Brussels, Belgium
- B. M. Dinelli
- ISAC-CNR, Bologna, Italy
- A. Dudhia
- AOPP, Physics Department, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- G. Dufour
- LISA, UMR CNRS 7583, Université Paris-Est Créteil et Université Paris-Diderot, 27 Créteil, France
- S. M. Frith
- Science Systems and Applications, Inc., NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
- L. Froidevaux
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
- S. Godin-Beekmann
- Observatoire de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Guyancourt Cedex, France
- J. Granville
- Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (IASB-BIRA), Brussels, Belgium
- N. R. P. Harris
- University of Cambridge, Chemistry Department, Cambridge, UK
- K. Hoppel
- Remote Sensing Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., USA
- D. Hubert
- Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (IASB-BIRA), Brussels, Belgium
- Y. Kasai
- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- M. J. Kurylo
- Universities Space Research Association, Goddard Earth Sciences, Technology, and Research, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
- E. Kyrölä
- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Earth Observation, Helsinki, Finland
- J.-C. Lambert
- Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (IASB-BIRA), Brussels, Belgium
- P. F. Levelt
- Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, the Netherlands
- C. T. McElroy
- Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering (Lassonde School of Engineering), York University, Toronto, Canada
- R. D. McPeters
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
- R. Munro
- EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
- H. Nakajima
- National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan
- A. Parrish
- Department of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
- P. Raspollini
- Istituto di Fisica Applicata "N. Carrara" (IFAC) del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Florence, Italy
- E. E. Remsberg
- NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA
- K. H. Rosenlof
- NOAA/ESRL, Chemical Sciences Division, Boulder, Colorado, USA
- A. Rozanov
- Institute of Environmental Physics Remote Sensing (IUP/IFE), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- T. Sano
- Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Y. Sasano
- Association of International Research Initiatives for Environmental Studies, Tokyo, Japan
- M. Shiotani
- Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- H. G. J. Smit
- Research Centre Jülich, Institute for Energy and Climate Research: Troposphere (IEK-8), Jülich, Germany
- G. Stiller
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
- J. Tamminen
- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Earth Observation, Helsinki, Finland
- D. W. Tarasick
- Environment Canada, Downsview, Ontario, Canada
- J. Urban
- Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Göteborg, Sweden
- R. J. van der A
- Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, the Netherlands
- J. P. Veefkind
- Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, the Netherlands
- C. Vigouroux
- Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (IASB-BIRA), Brussels, Belgium
- T. von Clarmann
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
- C. von Savigny
- Institut für Physik, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- K. A. Walker
- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- M. Weber
- Institute of Environmental Physics Remote Sensing (IUP/IFE), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- J. Wild
- Innovim, LLC, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Climate Prediction Center, College Park, Maryland, USA
- J. M. Zawodny
- NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-1395-2014
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 5
pp. 1395 – 1427
Abstract
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.
