Validation of Solar Occultation for Ice Experiment (SOFIE) nitric oxide measurements

Hervig, Mark E.; Marshall, Benjamin T.; Bailey, Scott M.; Siskind, David E.; Russell III, James M.; Bardeen, Charles G.; Walker, Kaley A.; Funke, Bernd

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3111-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3111-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3111-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 6

Research article

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13 Jun 2019

Research article |

| 13 Jun 2019

Validation of Solar Occultation for Ice Experiment (SOFIE) nitric oxide measurements

Mark E. Hervig, Benjamin T. Marshall, Scott M. Bailey, David E. Siskind, James M. Russell III, Charles G. Bardeen, Kaley A. Walker, and Bernd Funke

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Referee's comments', Martin Friedrich, 29 Mar 2019
- AC1: 'Author Response to Reviewer #1', M. E. Hervig, 02 May 2019
RC2: 'General comments and minor revisions', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Apr 2019
- AC2: 'Author Response to Reviewer #2', M. E. Hervig, 02 May 2019

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AR by M. E. Hervig on behalf of the Authors (02 May 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (21 May 2019) by Markus Rapp

AR by M. E. Hervig on behalf of the Authors (21 May 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The Solar Occultation for Ice Experiment (SOFIE) has measured nitric oxide (NO) from satellite since 2007. The observations are validated through error analysis and comparisons with other satellite observations. Calculated SOFIE NO uncertainties are less than 50 % for altitudes from 40 to 140 km. SOFIE agrees with other measurements to within 50 % for altitudes from roughly 50 to 105 km for spacecraft sunrise and 50 to 140 km for sunsets.