The application of mean averaging kernels to mean trace gas distributions

von Clarmann, Thomas; Glatthor, Norbert

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5155-2019

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26 Sep 2019

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| 26 Sep 2019

The application of mean averaging kernels to mean trace gas distributions

Thomas von Clarmann and Norbert Glatthor

Data sets

MIPAS HCN and O3 data used to study the effect of mean averaging kernels N. Glatthor and T. von Clarmann https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000098437

Short summary

To avoid unnecessary data traffic it is sometimes desirable to apply mean averaging kernels to mean profiles of atmospheric state variables. Unfortunately, the application of individual averaging kernels to individual profiles and subsequent averaging will, in general, lead to different results than averaging of the original profiles prior to the application of the mean averaging kernels. This effect is investigated and a correction scheme is proposed.