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Performance of AIRS ozone retrieval over the central Himalayas: use of ozonesonde and other satellite datasets
Prajjwal Rawat
Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES),
Nainital, 263001, India
DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, 273009, India
Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES),
Nainital, 263001, India
Evan Fishbein
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
Pradeep K. Thapliyal
Space Applications Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad, 380015, India
Rajesh Kumar
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO 80307,
USA
Piyush Bhardwaj
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO 80307,
USA
Aditya Jaiswal
Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES),
Nainital, 263001, India
Sugriva N. Tiwari
DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, 273009, India
Sethuraman Venkataramani
Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, 380009, India
Shyam Lal
Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, 380009, India
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Shohei Nomura, Manish Naja, M. Kawser Ahmed, Hitoshi Mukai, Yukio Terao, Toshinobu Machida, Motoki Sasakawa, and Prabir K. Patra
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Short summary
Satellite-based ozone observations have gained importance due to their global coverage. However, satellite-retrieved products are indirect and need to be validated, particularly over mountains. Ozonesondes launched from a Himalayan site are used to assess the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) ozone retrieval. AIRS is shown to overestimate ozone in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere, while the differences from ozonesondes are more minor in the middle troposphere and stratosphere.
Satellite-based ozone observations have gained importance due to their global coverage. However,...
