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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-9-287-2009
© Author(s) 2009. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
16 Jan 2009
Validation of ozone measurements from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE)
E. Dupuy
Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
K. A. Walker
Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
J. Kar
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
C. D. Boone
Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
C. T. McElroy
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Environment Canada, Downsview, ON, Canada
P. F. Bernath
Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
J. R. Drummond
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
R. Skelton
Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
S. D. McLeod
Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
R. C. Hughes
Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
C. R. Nowlan
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
D. G. Dufour
Picomole Instruments Inc., Edmonton, AB, Canada
J. Zou
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
F. Nichitiu
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
K. Strong
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
P. Baron
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
R. M. Bevilacqua
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., USA
T. Blumenstock
Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK) and Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
G. E. Bodeker
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Lauder, New Zealand
T. Borsdorff
Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung Atmosphärische Umweltforschung (IMK-IFU), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
A. E. Bourassa
Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
H. Bovensmann
Institut für Umweltphysik (IUP), Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany
I. S. Boyd
NIWA – Environmental Research Institute, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
A. Bracher
Institut für Umweltphysik (IUP), Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany
C. Brogniez
Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique, CNRS – Université des sciences et technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
J. P. Burrows
Institut für Umweltphysik (IUP), Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany
V. Catoire
Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement, CNRS – Université d'Orléans, Orléans, France
S. Ceccherini
Instituto di Fisica Applicata "N. Carrara" (IFAC) del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
S. Chabrillat
Institut d'Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique (BIRA-IASB), Bruxelles, Belgium
T. Christensen
Danish Climate Centre, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
M. T. Coffey
Earth and Sun Systems Laboratory (ESSL), National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
U. Cortesi
Instituto di Fisica Applicata "N. Carrara" (IFAC) del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
J. Davies
Environment Canada, Downsview, ON, Canada
C. De Clercq
Institut d'Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique (BIRA-IASB), Bruxelles, Belgium
D. A. Degenstein
Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
M. De Mazière
Institut d'Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique (BIRA-IASB), Bruxelles, Belgium
P. Demoulin
Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium
J. Dodion
Institut d'Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique (BIRA-IASB), Bruxelles, Belgium
B. Firanski
Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada, Centre For Atmospheric Research Experiments, Egbert, ON, Canada
H. Fischer
Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK) and Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
G. Forbes
Environment Canada Sable Island, Dartmouth, Canada
L. Froidevaux
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
D. Fussen
Institut d'Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique (BIRA-IASB), Bruxelles, Belgium
P. Gerard
Institut d'Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique (BIRA-IASB), Bruxelles, Belgium
S. Godin-Beekmann
CNRS – Service d'Aéronomie (SA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) Paris VI, Paris, France
F. Goutail
CNRS – Service d'Aéronomie (SA), Verrières-le-Buisson, France
J. Granville
Institut d'Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique (BIRA-IASB), Bruxelles, Belgium
D. Griffith
School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
C. S. Haley
Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
J. W. Hannigan
Earth and Sun Systems Laboratory (ESSL), National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
M. Höpfner
Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK) and Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
J. J. Jin
Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
A. Jones
Department of Radio and Space Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
N. B. Jones
School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
K. Jucks
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, USA
A. Kagawa
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
Fujitsu FIP Corporation, Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Y. Kasai
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
T. E. Kerzenmacher
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
A. Kleinböhl
Institut für Umweltphysik (IUP), Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
A. R. Klekociuk
Ice, Ocean, Atmosphere and Climate (IOAC) Program, Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, Australia
I. Kramer
Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK) and Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
H. Küllmann
Institut für Umweltphysik (IUP), Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany
J. Kuttippurath
Institut für Umweltphysik (IUP), Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany
CNRS – Service d'Aéronomie (SA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) Paris VI, Paris, France
E. Kyrölä
Earth Observation, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
J.-C. Lambert
Institut d'Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique (BIRA-IASB), Bruxelles, Belgium
N. J. Livesey
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
E. J. Llewellyn
Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
N. D. Lloyd
Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
E. Mahieu
Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium
G. L. Manney
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, USA
B. T. Marshall
GATS, Inc., Newport News, VA, USA
J. C. McConnell
Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
M. P. McCormick
NASA Langley Research Center, Atmospheric Sciences Division, Hampton, VA, USA
I. S. McDermid
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Table Mountain Facility, Wrightwood, CA, USA
M. McHugh
GATS, Inc., Newport News, VA, USA
C. A. McLinden
Environment Canada, Downsview, ON, Canada
J. Mellqvist
Department of Radio and Space Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
K. Mizutani
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
Y. Murayama
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
D. P. Murtagh
Department of Radio and Space Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
H. Oelhaf
Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK) and Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
A. Parrish
Department of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
S. V. Petelina
Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Department of Physics, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
C. Piccolo
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, Oxford University, UK
J.-P. Pommereau
CNRS – Service d'Aéronomie (SA), Verrières-le-Buisson, France
C. E. Randall
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
C. Robert
Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement, CNRS – Université d'Orléans, Orléans, France
C. Roth
Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
M. Schneider
Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK) and Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
C. Senten
Institut d'Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique (BIRA-IASB), Bruxelles, Belgium
T. Steck
Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK) and Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
A. Strandberg
Department of Radio and Space Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
K. B. Strawbridge
Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada, Centre For Atmospheric Research Experiments, Egbert, ON, Canada
R. Sussmann
Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung Atmosphärische Umweltforschung (IMK-IFU), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
D. P. J. Swart
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
D. W. Tarasick
Environment Canada, Downsview, ON, Canada
J. R. Taylor
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
C. Tétard
Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique, CNRS – Université des sciences et technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
L. W. Thomason
NASA Langley Research Center, Atmospheric Sciences Division, Hampton, VA, USA
A. M. Thompson
Department of Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
M. B. Tully
Atmosphere Watch Section, Bureau of Meteorology, Melboune, Vic, Australia
J. Urban
Department of Radio and Space Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
F. Vanhellemont
Institut d'Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique (BIRA-IASB), Bruxelles, Belgium
C. Vigouroux
Institut d'Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique (BIRA-IASB), Bruxelles, Belgium
T. von Clarmann
Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK) and Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
P. von der Gathen
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Research Unit Potsdam, Germany
C. von Savigny
Institut für Umweltphysik (IUP), Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany
J. W. Waters
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
J. C. Witte
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD, USA
M. Wolff
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
J. M. Zawodny
NASA Langley Research Center, Atmospheric Sciences Division, Hampton, VA, USA
Abstract. This paper presents extensive {bias determination} analyses of ozone observations from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) satellite instruments: the ACE Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS) and the Measurement of Aerosol Extinction in the Stratosphere and Troposphere Retrieved by Occultation (ACE-MAESTRO) instrument. Here we compare the latest ozone data products from ACE-FTS and ACE-MAESTRO with coincident observations from nearly 20 satellite-borne, airborne, balloon-borne and ground-based instruments, by analysing volume mixing ratio profiles and partial column densities. The ACE-FTS version 2.2 Ozone Update product reports more ozone than most correlative measurements from the upper troposphere to the lower mesosphere. At altitude levels from 16 to 44 km, the average values of the mean relative differences are nearly all within +1 to +8%. At higher altitudes (45–60 km), the ACE-FTS ozone amounts are significantly larger than those of the comparison instruments, with mean relative differences of up to +40% (about +20% on average). For the ACE-MAESTRO version 1.2 ozone data product, mean relative differences are within ±10% (average values within ±6%) between 18 and 40 km for both the sunrise and sunset measurements. At higher altitudes (~35–55 km), systematic biases of opposite sign are found between the ACE-MAESTRO sunrise and sunset observations. While ozone amounts derived from the ACE-MAESTRO sunrise occultation data are often smaller than the coincident observations (with mean relative differences down to −10%), the sunset occultation profiles for ACE-MAESTRO show results that are qualitatively similar to ACE-FTS, indicating a large positive bias (mean relative differences within +10 to +30%) in the 45–55 km altitude range. In contrast, there is no significant systematic difference in bias found for the ACE-FTS sunrise and sunset measurements.
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How to cite. Dupuy, E., Walker, K. A., Kar, J., Boone, C. D., McElroy, C. T., Bernath, P. F., Drummond, J. R., Skelton, R., McLeod, S. D., Hughes, R. C., Nowlan, C. R., Dufour, D. G., Zou, J., Nichitiu, F., Strong, K., Baron, P., Bevilacqua, R. M., Blumenstock, T., Bodeker, G. E., Borsdorff, T., Bourassa, A. E., Bovensmann, H., Boyd, I. S., Bracher, A., Brogniez, C., Burrows, J. P., Catoire, V., Ceccherini, S., Chabrillat, S., Christensen, T., Coffey, M. T., Cortesi, U., Davies, J., De Clercq, C., Degenstein, D. A., De Mazière, M., Demoulin, P., Dodion, J., Firanski, B., Fischer, H., Forbes, G., Froidevaux, L., Fussen, D., Gerard, P., Godin-Beekmann, S., Goutail, F., Granville, J., Griffith, D., Haley, C. S., Hannigan, J. W., Höpfner, M., Jin, J. J., Jones, A., Jones, N. B., Jucks, K., Kagawa, A., Kasai, Y., Kerzenmacher, T. E., Kleinböhl, A., Klekociuk, A. R., Kramer, I., Küllmann, H., Kuttippurath, J., Kyrölä, E., Lambert, J.-C., Livesey, N. J., Llewellyn, E. J., Lloyd, N. D., Mahieu, E., Manney, G. L., Marshall, B. T., McConnell, J. C., McCormick, M. P., McDermid, I. S., McHugh, M., McLinden, C. A., Mellqvist, J., Mizutani, K., Murayama, Y., Murtagh, D. P., Oelhaf, H., Parrish, A., Petelina, S. V., Piccolo, C., Pommereau, J.-P., Randall, C. E., Robert, C., Roth, C., Schneider, M., Senten, C., Steck, T., Strandberg, A., Strawbridge, K. B., Sussmann, R., Swart, D. P. J., Tarasick, D. W., Taylor, J. R., Tétard, C., Thomason, L. W., Thompson, A. M., Tully, M. B., Urban, J., Vanhellemont, F., Vigouroux, C., von Clarmann, T., von der Gathen, P., von Savigny, C., Waters, J. W., Witte, J. C., Wolff, M., and Zawodny, J. M.: Validation of ozone measurements from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE), Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 287–343, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-9-287-2009, 2009.