Long-term validation of ESA operational retrieval (version 6.0) of MIPAS  Envisat vertical profiles of methane, nitrous oxide, CFC11, and CFC12 using  balloon-borne observations and trajectory matching

Engel, Andreas; Bönisch, Harald; Schwarzenberger, Tim; Haase, Hans-Peter; Grunow, Katja; Abalichin, Jana; Sala, Stephan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1051-2016

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14 Mar 2016

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| 14 Mar 2016

Long-term validation of ESA operational retrieval (version 6.0) of MIPAS Envisat vertical profiles of methane, nitrous oxide, CFC11, and CFC12 using balloon-borne observations and trajectory matching

Andreas Engel, Harald Bönisch, Tim Schwarzenberger, Hans-Peter Haase, Katja Grunow, Jana Abalichin, and Stephan Sala

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RC C2630: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 18 Aug 2015
RC C2639: 'Review of Engel et al., AMTD, “Long term validation of ESA operational retrieval..."', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Aug 2015
RC C2951: 'Review of Engel et al., “Long term validation of ESA operational retrieval..."', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Sep 2015
AC C3911: 'Answer to the reviewers', Andreas Engel, 16 Nov 2015

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We present a validation of MIPAS-ENVISAT vertical profiles (ESA operational retrieval version 6.0) of N₂O, CH₄, CFC-12, and CFC-11. The geophysical validation is performed using data from a balloon-borne cryogenic whole air sampler and trajectory matching. We show that the validation results are different for the period prior to 2005 compared to the post 2005 period. N₂O, CH₄, and CFC-12 show partly good agreement while CFC-11 data from this retrieval cannot be used for scientific studies.