Open AccessVertical profile measurements of ozone at Lauder, New Zealand, during ASHOE/MAESA
Author(s) -
McGee Thomas J.,
Gross Michael,
Singh Upendra,
Kimvilakani Patrick,
Matthews Andrew,
Bodeker Gregory,
Connor Brian,
Tsou J. J.,
Proffitt Michael,
Margitan James
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: atmospheres
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.67
H-Index - 298
eISSN - 2156-2202
pISSN - 0148-0227
DOI - 10.1029/96jd03062
Subject(s) - ozone , environmental science , lidar , stratosphere , southern hemisphere , atmospheric sciences , ozone layer , meteorology , remote sensing , climatology , geology , geography
The Goddard Space Flight Center stratospheric ozone lidar was deployed at the National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) facility at Lauder, New Zealand (45°S, 169°E), during all four of the Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment/Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft (ASHOE/MAESA) flight periods. The site is about 500 km south of Christchurch. Efforts were made to acquire lidar data before dawn and after sunset on the days the ER‐2 was flown. A total of 79 measurements were made on 47 individual nights. Each measurement provided vertical profiles of aerosols, temperature, and ozone. Profiles begin at ∼8 km and extend to 35, 50–55, and 75 km for aerosols, ozone, and temperature, respectively. NIWA personnel launched electrochemical concentration cell ozonesondes on a number of these occasions. A summary of these data will be presented along with comparisons with data from ER‐2 instruments. Average profiles for each of the four ASHOE/MAESA deployments were constructed for use as a climatological profile for model initialization.