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Measurements of O 3 , H 2 O and ClO in the Middle Atmosphere Using the Millimeter‐Wave Atmospheric Sounder (MAS)
Author(s) -
Hartmann G. K.,
Bevilacqua R. M.,
Schwartz P. R.,
Kämpfer N.,
Künzi K. F.,
Aellig C. P.,
Berg A.,
Boogaerts W.,
Connor B. J.,
Croskey C. L.,
Daehler M.,
Degenhardt W.,
Dicken H. D.,
Goldizen D.,
Kriebel D.,
Langen J.,
Loidl A.,
Olivero J. J.,
Pauls T. A.,
Puliafito S. E.,
Richards M. L.,
Rudian C.,
Tsou J. J.,
Waltman W. B.,
Umlauft G.,
Zwick R.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/96gl01475
Subject(s) - depth sounding , atmosphere (unit) , atmospheric sounding , atmospheric chemistry , remote sensing , environmental science , atmospheric physics , extremely high frequency , atlas (anatomy) , meteorology , geology , atmospheric sciences , physics , ozone , optics , oceanography , paleontology
The Millimeter‐Wave Atmospheric Sounder (MAS) is a shuttle‐based limb‐sounding instrument designed for global spectroscopic studies of O 3 , and constituents important in O 3 photochemistry, in the middle atmosphere. It is part of the NASA's Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS) spacelab shuttle mission. This paper presents an overview of the instrument, operation, and data analysis. In addition, as an example of the results, we present zonal average retrievals for O 3 , H 2 O and ClO obtained in ATLAS 1. The MAS O 3 and H 2 O measurements are shown to agree well with simultaneous observations made with the UARS MLS instrument.