Atomic oxygen retrievals in the MLT region from SCIAMACHY nightglow limb measurements

Lednyts'kyy, O.; von Savigny, C.; Eichmann, K.-U.; Mlynczak, M. G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1021-2015

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04 Mar 2015

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| 04 Mar 2015

Atomic oxygen retrievals in the MLT region from SCIAMACHY nightglow limb measurements

O. Lednyts'kyy, C. von Savigny, K.-U. Eichmann, and M. G. Mlynczak

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RC C3958: 'SCIA MLT [O] retrievals review', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Nov 2014
- AC C4754: 'Interactive author comment on behalf of all co-authors on ``Atomic oxygen retrievals in the MLT region from SCIAMACHY nightglow limb measurements'' by O. Lednyts'kyy et al.', Olexandr Lednyts'kyy, 30 Jan 2015
RC C3966: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Nov 2014
- AC C4782: 'Interactive author comment on behalf of all co-authors on ``Atomic oxygen retrievals in the MLT region from SCIAMACHY nightglow limb measurements'' by O. Lednyts'kyy et al.', Olexandr Lednyts'kyy, 30 Jan 2015

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This paper deals with the retrieval of atomic oxygen concentration profiles in the Earth's upper mesosphere/lower thermosphere region from SCIAMACHY observations of oxygen green line airglow emissions. Atomic oxygen is one of the most important chemical constituents of this atmospheric region, and long-term satellite data sets are rare. The paper includes a detailed description of the retrieval algorithm, an error budget, validation results and some first scientific analyses.