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Correlative stratospheric ozone measurements with the airborne UV DIAL system during TOTE/VOTE
Author(s) -
Grant William B.,
Fenn Marta A.,
Browell Edward V.,
McGee Thomas J.,
Singh Upendra N.,
Gross Michael R.,
McDermid I. Stuart,
Froidevaux Lucien,
Wang PiHuang
Publication year - 1998
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 - 10.1029/98gl00231
Subject(s) - dial , ozone , environmental science , stratosphere , lidar , atmospheric sciences , tropopause , ozone layer , meteorology , altitude (triangle) , latitude , remote sensing , tropics , satellite , radiance , climatology , geography , geology , geodesy , physics , acoustics , geometry , mathematics , aerospace engineering , fishery , engineering , biology
The airborne UV differential absorption lidar (DIAL) system participated in the Tropical Ozone Transport Experiment/Vortex Ozone Transport Experiment (TOTE/VOTE) in late 1995/early 1996. This mission afforded the opportunity to compare the DIAL system's stratospheric ozone measuring capability with other remote‐sensing instruments through correlative measurements over a latitude range from the tropics to the Arctic. These instruments included ground‐based DIAL and space‐based stratospheric instruments: HALOE; MLS; and SAGE II. The ozone profiles generally agreed within random error estimates for the various instruments in the middle of the profiles in the tropics, but regions of significant systematic differences, especially near or below the tropopause or at the higher altitudes were also found. The comparisons strongly suggest that the airborne UV DIAL system can play a valuable role as a mobile lower‐stratospheric ozone validation instrument.