Validation of ACE-FTS version 5.2 ozone data with ozonesonde measurements

Zou, Jiansheng; Walker, Kaley A.; Sheese, Patrick E.; Boone, Chris D.; Stauffer, Ryan M.; Thompson, Anne M.; Tarasick, David W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-6983-2024

Articles | Volume 17, issue 23

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-6983-2024

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-6983-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 23

Research article

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12 Dec 2024

Research article |

| 12 Dec 2024

Validation of ACE-FTS version 5.2 ozone data with ozonesonde measurements

Jiansheng Zou, Kaley A. Walker, Patrick E. Sheese, Chris D. Boone, Ryan M. Stauffer, Anne M. Thompson, and David W. Tarasick

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-6983-2024-supplement

Data sets

Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change ozonesonde profile data NDACC https://www-air.larc.nasa.gov/missions/ndacc/data.html

OzoneSonde, World Ozone and Ultraviolet Data Centre WOUDC https://doi.org/10.14287/10000008

Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozonesondes version 6 ozonesonde profile data NASA/GSFC https://doi.org/10.57721/SHADOZ-V06

Short summary

Ozone measurements from the ACE-FTS satellite instrument have been compared to worldwide balloon-borne ozonesonde profiles using pairs of closely spaced profiles and monthly averaged profiles. ACE-FTS typically measures more ozone in the stratosphere by up to 10 %. The long-term stability of the ACE-FTS ozone data is good, exhibiting small (but non-significant) drifts of less than 3 % per decade in the stratosphere. Lower in the profiles, the calculated drifts are larger (up to 10 % per decade).