Towards the retrieval of tropospheric ozone with the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI)

Mielonen, T.; de Haan, J. F.; van Peet, J. C. A.; Eremenko, M.; Veefkind, J. P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-671-2015

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09 Feb 2015

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| 09 Feb 2015

Towards the retrieval of tropospheric ozone with the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI)

T. Mielonen, J. F. de Haan, J. C. A. van Peet, M. Eremenko, and J. P. Veefkind

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RC C359: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Apr 2014
- RC C507: 'Review of the paper by Mielonen et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Apr 2014
  - AC C1312: 'Authors' response to comments by referee #2', Tero Mielonen, 11 Jun 2014
- AC C1302: 'Authors' response to comments by referee #1', Tero Mielonen, 11 Jun 2014

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In this paper, we have assessed the sensitivity of the operational Ozone Monitoring Instrument ozone profile retrieval algorithm to a number of a priori and radiative transfer assumptions. We then modified the algorithm to improve the retrieval of tropospheric ozone. We found that the modified retrieval unmasks systematic problems in the radiative transfer/instrument model and is more sensitive to tropospheric ozone variation: it is able to capture the tropospheric ozone morphology better.