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Metrology of ground-based satellite validation: co-location mismatch and smoothing issues of total ozone comparisons
Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), Ringlaan 3, 1180 Uccle, Belgium
J. Granville
Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), Ringlaan 3, 1180 Uccle, Belgium
F. Hendrick
Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), Ringlaan 3, 1180 Uccle, Belgium
U. Köhler
Meteorological Observatory at Hohenpeißenberg, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD-MOHp), Hohenpeißenberg, Germany
Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), Ringlaan 3, 1180 Uccle, Belgium
J.-P. Pommereau
Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), CNRS/UVSQ, Guyancourt, France
A. Redondas
Izaña Atmospheric Research Center, AEMET, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
M. Van Roozendael
Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), Ringlaan 3, 1180 Uccle, Belgium
J.-C. Lambert
Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), Ringlaan 3, 1180 Uccle, Belgium
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Short summary
Comparisons between satellite and ground-based measurements of the
atmosphere are inevitably affected by natural variability due to
mismatches in spatial and temporal co-location. These
additional terms in the comparison error budget are quantified here
for total ozone column comparisons using an Observing System Simulation
Experiment. Even when using tight co-location criteria, atmospheric
variability is found to impact the comparisons significantly.
Comparisons between satellite and ground-based measurements of the
atmosphere are inevitably...
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