Tropospheric ozone and ozone profiles retrieved from GOME-2 and their validation

Miles, G. M.; Siddans, R.; Kerridge, B. J.; Latter, B. G.; Richards, N. A. D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-385-2015

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22 Jan 2015

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| 22 Jan 2015

Tropospheric ozone and ozone profiles retrieved from GOME-2 and their validation

G. M. Miles, R. Siddans, B. J. Kerridge, B. G. Latter, and N. A. D. Richards

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Final revised paper (published on 22 Jan 2015)
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AC C2056: 'Clarification of terms/discussion relating to Figure 5', Georgina Miles, 06 Aug 2014
RC C2197: 'Review', Thomas von Clarmann, 15 Aug 2014
RC C2374: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Aug 2014

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This work provides a description and validation of significantly updated algorithm for the retrieval of atmospheric ozone profiles, with a focus on the sensitivity to ozone in the lower troposphere. The satellite-derived ozone profiles are validated against ozonesondes globally, and achieves an average bias of 6% in the lower troposphere. The global distribution is also compared to the ozone distribution from a chemistry transport model, with an average agreement of less than 2 Dobson units.