Intercomparison of stratospheric ozone profiles for the assessment of the upgraded GROMOS radiometer at Bern

Studer, Simone; Hocke, Klemens; Pastel, Maude; Godin-Beekmann, Sophie; Kämpfer, Niklaus (2013). Intercomparison of stratospheric ozone profiles for the assessment of the upgraded GROMOS radiometer at Bern. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. Discussions, 6(4), pp. 6097-6146. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/amtd-6-6097-2013

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Since November 1994, the GROund-based Millimeter-wave Ozone Spectrometer (GROMOS) measures stratospheric and lower mesospheric ozone in Bern, Switzerland (47.95° N, 7.44° E). GROMOS is part of the Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC). In July 2009, a Fast-Fourier-Transform spectrometer (FFTS) has been added as backend to GROMOS. The new FFTS and the original filter bench (FB) measured parallel for over two years. In October 2011, the FB has been turned off and the FFTS is now used to continue the ozone time series. For a consolidated ozone time series in the frame of NDACC, the quality of the stratospheric ozone profiles obtained with the FFTS has to be assessed. The FFTS results from July 2009 to December 2011 are compared to ozone profiles retrieved by the FB. FFTS and FB of the GROMOS microwave radiometer agree within 5% above 20 hPa. A later harmonization of both time series will be realized by taking the FFTS as benchmark for the FB. Ozone profiles from the FFTS are also compared to coinciding lidar measurements from the Observatoire Haute Provence (OHP), France. For the time period studied a maximum mean difference (lidar – GROMOS FFTS) of +3.8% at 3.1 hPa and a minimum mean difference of +1.4% at 8 hPa is found. Further, intercomparisons with ozone profiles from other independent instruments are performed: satellite measurements include MIPAS onboard ENVISAT, SABER onboard TIMED, MLS onboard EOS Aura and ACE-FTS onboard SCISAT-1. Additionally, ozonesondes launched from Payerne, Switzerland, are used in the lower stratosphere. Mean relative differences of GROMOS FFTS and these independent instruments are less than 10% between 50 and 0.1 hPa.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Applied Physics

UniBE Contributor:

Studer, Simone (B), Hocke, Klemens, Kämpfer, Niklaus

Subjects:

600 Technology > 620 Engineering

ISSN:

1867-8610

Publisher:

Copernicus Publications

Language:

English

Submitter:

Martin Frenz-Lips

Date Deposited:

16 Sep 2014 15:48

Last Modified:

29 Mar 2023 23:34

Publisher DOI:

10.5194/amtd-6-6097-2013

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.52970

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/52970

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