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Solar occultation measurement of mesospheric ozone by SAGE III/ISS: impact of variations along the line of sight caused by photochemistry
Murali Natarajan
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Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center, 21 Langley Blvd.,
Mail Stop 401-B, Hampton, VA 23681, USA
Robert Damadeo
Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center, 21 Langley Blvd.,
Mail Stop 401-B, Hampton, VA 23681, USA
David Flittner
Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center, 21 Langley Blvd.,
Mail Stop 401-B, Hampton, VA 23681, USA
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Photochemically induced changes in mesospheric O3 concentration at twilight can cause asymmetry in the distribution along the line of sight of solar occultation observations that must be considered in the retrieval algorithm. Correction factors developed from diurnal photochemical model simulations were used to modify the archived SAGE III/ISS mesospheric O3 concentrations. For June 2021 the bias caused by the neglect of diurnal variations is over 30% at 64 km altitude and low latitudes.
Photochemically induced changes in mesospheric O3 concentration at twilight can cause asymmetry...