An intercomparison of ozone profile measurements from LIMS, SAGE, and SBUVOzone profile measurements by the Limb IR Monitor of Stratosphere (LIMS) and the Solar Backscatter UV (SBUV) aboard the Nimbus satellite, and the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) aboard the AEM-2 satellite are intercompared in an effort to assess the quality of satellite ozone retrieval techniques. Good correlation between LIMS and SBUV observations is noted in the ozone layer bounded by pressures of 31.2-15.6 mb; absolute differences are generally less than 10 percent, with similar zonal variations. Above 35 km SAGE values are systematically larger than SBUV or LIMS. The differences generally increase with height and are largest in the tropics. Finally, excellent agreement is noted to exist among the three data sets between 10 and 35 km of altitude with respect to the latitude dependence of the ozone profiles.
Document ID
19850050725
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Fleig, A. J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences, Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Bhartia, P. K. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Wong, C. K. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Klenk, K. F. (Systems and Applied Sciences Corp. Hyattsville, MD, United States)