Articles | Volume 15, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-2361-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-2361-2022
Research article
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20 Apr 2022
Research article |  | 20 Apr 2022

Ground-based Ku-band microwave observations of ozone in the polar middle atmosphere

David A. Newnham, Mark A. Clilverd, William D. J. Clark, Michael Kosch, Pekka T. Verronen, and Alan E. E. Rogers

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on amt-2021-339', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Dec 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', David Newnham, 27 Jan 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on amt-2021-339', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Dec 2021
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', David Newnham, 27 Jan 2022

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
AR by David Newnham on behalf of the Authors (11 Feb 2022)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (04 Mar 2022) by Jörg Gumbel
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (12 Mar 2022)
ED: Publish as is (21 Mar 2022) by Jörg Gumbel
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Short summary
Ozone (O3) is an important trace gas in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT), affecting heating rates and chemistry. O3 profiles measured by the Ny-Ålesund Ozone in the Mesosphere Instrument agree with Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) for winter night-time, but autumn twilight SABER abundances are up to 50 % higher. O3 abundances in the MLT from two different SABER channels also show significant differences for both autumn twilight and summer daytime.