ACP Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ACP 1680-7324 Copernicus GmbH Göttingen, Germany 10.5194/acp-8-2509-2008 Ozone profile retrieval from limb scatter measurements in the HARTLEY bands: further retrieval details and profile comparisons Rohen G. J. 1 Savigny C. v. 1 Kaiser J. W. 2 Llewellyn E. J. 3 Froidevaux L. 4 López-Puertas M. 5 Steck T. 6 Palm M. 1 Winkler H. 1 Sinnhuber M. 1 Bovensmann H. 1 Burrows J. P. 1 Institute of Environmental Physics and Remote Sensing, Bremen, Germany European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, UK Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies, Saskatoon, Canada Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, USA Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Granada, Spain Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung, Karlsruhe-Leopoldshausen, Germany 09 05 2008 8 9 2509 2517 This is an open-access article ditributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. This article is available from http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/8/2509/2008/acp-8-2509-2008.html The full text article is available as a PDF file from http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/8/2509/2008/acp-8-2509-2008.pdf

SCIAMACHY limb scatter radiance measurements at selected wavelengths in the HARTLEY bands have been used to retrieve ozone profiles in the upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere. Comparisons with profiles measured by a ground based radiometer in Norway, MIPAS on board ENVISAT, HALOE on UARS and MLS on AURA indicate an agreement within 15% between 40 and 55 km and show that the retrieval provides reliable ozone profiles at these altitudes. Above 55 km, an increasing overestimation is observed. Beside the profile comparisons, further retrieval features of the current retrieval (version 1.26) are described.

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