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:10.5194/amt-8-1021-2015

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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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Short summary

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.