Articles | Volume 15, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-2557-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-2557-2022
Research article
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28 Apr 2022
Research article |  | 28 Apr 2022

Improved ozone monitoring by ground-based FTIR spectrometry

Omaira Elena García, Esther Sanromá, Matthias Schneider, Frank Hase, Sergio Fabián León-Luis, Thomas Blumenstock, Eliezer Sepúlveda, Alberto Redondas, Virgilio Carreño, Carlos Torres, and Natalia Prats

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ECC Ozonesondes data from Izaña (Spain) C. Torres, N. Prats, A. Redondas, and E. Cuevas https://www-air.larc.nasa.gov/missions/ndacc/data.html?station=izana/ames/o3sonde/

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Accurate observations of atmospheric ozone (O3) are essential to monitor in detail its key role in atmospheric chemistry. In this context, this paper has assessed the effect of using different retrieval strategies on the quality of O3 products from ground-based NDACC FTIR (Fourier transform infrared) spectrometry, with the aim of providing an improved O3 retrieval that could be applied at any NDACC FTIR station.