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Past Changes in the Vertical Distribution of Ozone Part 1: Measurement Techniques, Uncertainties and AvailabilityPeak 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.
Document ID
20150007697
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
doi:10.5194/amt-7-1395-2014
Authors
Hassler, B. (Colorado Univ. Boulder, CO, United States)
Petropavlovskikh, I. (Colorado Univ. Boulder, CO, United States)
Staehelin, J. (Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zurich, Switzerland)
August, T. (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites Darmstadt, Germany)
Bhartia, P. K. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Clerbaux, C. (Universite de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Versailles, France)
Degenstein, D. (Saskatchewan Univ. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada)
Maziere, M. De (Institut d'Aeronomie Spatiale de Belgique Brussels, Belgium)
Dinelli, B. M. (Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR-ISAC) Bologna, Italy)
Dudhia, A. (Oxford Univ. Oxford, United Kingdom)
Dufour, G. (Paris Univ. Creteil, France)
Frith, S. M. (Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Froidevaux, L. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Godin-Beekmann, S. (Universite de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Versailles, France)
Granville, J. (Institut d'Aeronomie Spatiale de Belgique Brussels, Belgium)
Harris, N. R. P. (Cambridge Univ. Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Hoppel, K. (Naval Research Lab. Washington, DC, United States)
Hubert, D. (Institut d'Aeronomie Spatiale de Belgique Brussels, Belgium)
Kasai, Y. (National Inst. of Information and Communications Technology Tokyo, Japan)
Kurylo, M. J. (Universities Space Research Association Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Kyrola, E. (Finnish Meteorological Inst. Helsinki, Finland)
Lambert, J.-C. (Institut d'Aeronomie Spatiale de Belgique Brussels, Belgium)
Levelt, P. F. (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Inst. De Bilt, Netherlands)
McElroy, C. T. (York Univ. Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
McPeters, R. D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Munro, R. (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites Darmstadt, Germany)
Nakajima, H. (National Inst. of Environmental Studies Tsukuba, Japan)
Parrish, A. (Massachusetts Univ. Amherst, MA, United States)
Raspollini, P. (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Florence, Italy)
Remsberg, E. E. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Rosenlof, K. H. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Boulder, CO, United States)
Rozanov, A. (Bremen Univ. Germany)
Sano, T. (Kyoto Univ. Kyoto, Japan)
Sasano, Y. (Association of International Research Initiatives for Environmental Studies Tokyo, Japan)
Shiotani, M. (Kyoto Univ. Kyoto, Japan)
Zawodny, J. M. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
May 8, 2015
Publication Date
May 21, 2014
Publication Information
Publication: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
Volume: 7
Issue: 5
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN22344
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
stratospheric ozone layer measurement
validation
techniques measurement

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