The use of QBO, ENSO, and NAO perturbations in the evaluation of GOME-2 MetOp A total ozone measurements

Eleftheratos, Kostas; Zerefos, Christos S.; Balis, Dimitris S.; Koukouli, Maria-Elissavet; Kapsomenakis, John; Loyola, Diego G.; Valks, Pieter; Coldewey-Egbers, Melanie; Lerot, Christophe; Frith, Stacey M.; Haslerud, Amund S.; Isaksen, Ivar S. A.; Hassinen, Seppo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-987-2019

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The use of QBO, ENSO, and NAO perturbations in the evaluation of GOME-2 MetOp A total ozone measurements

Kostas Eleftheratos, Christos S. Zerefos, Dimitris S. Balis, Maria-Elissavet Koukouli, John Kapsomenakis, Diego G. Loyola, Pieter Valks, Melanie Coldewey-Egbers, Christophe Lerot, Stacey M. Frith, Amund S. Haslerud, Ivar S. A. Isaksen, and Seppo Hassinen

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Data sets

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The GOME-type Total Ozone Essential Climate Variable (GTO-ECV) data record from the ESA Climate Change Initiative (http://www.esa-ozone-cci.org/?q=node/160) M. Coldewey-Egbers, D. G. Loyola, M. Koukouli, D. Balis, J.-C. Lambert, T. Verhoelst, J. Granville, M. van Roozendael, C. Lerot, R. Spurr, S. M. Frith, and C. Zehner https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-3923-2015

Short summary

We examine the ability of GOME-2A total ozone data to capture variability related to known natural oscillations, such as the QBO, ENSO and NAO, with respect to other satellite datasets, ground-based data, and chemical transport model simulations. The analysis is based on the GOME-2 satellite total ozone columns for the period 2007–2016 which form part of the operational EUMETSAT AC SAF GOME-2 MetOp A GDP4.8 latest data product.