Long-term validation of MIPAS ESA operational products using MIPAS-B measurements

Wetzel, Gerald; Höpfner, Michael; Oelhaf, Hermann; Friedl-Vallon, Felix; Kleinert, Anne; Maucher, Guido; Sinnhuber, Miriam; Abalichin, Janna; Dehn, Angelika; Raspollini, Piera

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6669-2022

Articles | Volume 15, issue 22

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MIPAS ESA Level 2 version 8 products: algorithms, product...

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21 Nov 2022

Research article |

| 21 Nov 2022

Long-term validation of MIPAS ESA operational products using MIPAS-B measurements

Gerald Wetzel, Michael Höpfner, Hermann Oelhaf, Felix Friedl-Vallon, Anne Kleinert, Guido Maucher, Miriam Sinnhuber, Janna Abalichin, Angelika Dehn, and Piera Raspollini

Data sets

Envisat MIPAS L2 – Temperature, pressure and atmospheric constituents profiles product ESA https://doi.org/10.5270/EN1-c8hgqx4

Short summary

Satellite measurements of stratospheric trace gases are essential for monitoring distributions and trends of these species on a global scale. Here, we compare the final MIPAS ESA Level 2 version 8 data (temperature and trace gases) with measurements obtained with the balloon version of MIPAS in terms of data agreement of both sensors, including combined errors. For most gases, we find a 5 % to 20 % agreement of the retrieved vertical profiles of both MIPAS instruments in the lower stratosphere.