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Radiative equilibrium temperatures in the stratosphere and mesosphere ‐ A comparison for the stellar occultation and BUV ozone data
Author(s) -
Kuhn W. R.,
Kraemer D.,
Cicerone R. J.,
Liu S.
Publication year - 1978
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/gl005i005p00365
Subject(s) - stratosphere , occultation , mesosphere , atmospheric sciences , radiative transfer , environmental science , ozone , ozone depletion , mesopause , radiative equilibrium , physics , meteorology , astronomy , quantum mechanics
Recently published ozone densities in the equatorial stratosphere and mesosphere from satellite stellar occultation measurements are appreciably larger than previous independent midlatitude measurements and ozone densities predicted by photochemical theory. We have calculated radiative equilibrium temperature profiles with a stratosphere‐mesosphere optimized model for each of these ozone profiles and find that the stellar occultation studies cannot be discounted on energy balance grounds.