Ground-based assessment of the bias and long-term stability of 14 limb and occultation ozone profile data records

Hubert, Daan; Lambert, Jean-Christopher; Verhoelst, Tijl; Granville, José; Keppens, Arno; Baray, Jean-Luc; Bourassa, Adam E.; Cortesi, Ugo; Degenstein, Doug A.; Froidevaux, Lucien; Godin-Beekmann, Sophie; Hoppel, Karl W.; Johnson, Bryan J.; Kyrölä, Erkki; Leblanc, Thierry; Lichtenberg, Günter; Marchand, Marion; McElroy, C. Thomas; Murtagh, Donal; Nakane, Hideaki; Portafaix, Thierry; Querel, Richard; Russell III, James M.; Salvador, Jacobo; Smit, Herman G. J.; Stebel, Kerstin; Steinbrecht, Wolfgang; Strawbridge, Kevin B.; Stübi, René; Swart, Daan P. J.; Taha, Ghassan; Tarasick, David W.; Thompson, Anne M.; Urban, Joachim; van Gijsel, Joanna A. E.; Van Malderen, Roeland; von der Gathen, Peter; Walker, Kaley A.; Wolfram, Elian; Zawodny, Joseph M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2497-2016

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08 Jun 2016

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| 08 Jun 2016

Ground-based assessment of the bias and long-term stability of 14 limb and occultation ozone profile data records

Daan Hubert, Jean-Christopher Lambert, Tijl Verhoelst, José Granville, Arno Keppens, Jean-Luc Baray, Adam E. Bourassa, Ugo Cortesi, Doug A. Degenstein, Lucien Froidevaux, Sophie Godin-Beekmann, Karl W. Hoppel, Bryan J. Johnson, Erkki Kyrölä, Thierry Leblanc, Günter Lichtenberg, Marion Marchand, C. Thomas McElroy, Donal Murtagh, Hideaki Nakane, Thierry Portafaix, Richard Querel, James M. Russell III, Jacobo Salvador, Herman G. J. Smit, Kerstin Stebel, Wolfgang Steinbrecht, Kevin B. Strawbridge, René Stübi, Daan P. J. Swart, Ghassan Taha, David W. Tarasick, Anne M. Thompson, Joachim Urban, Joanna A. E. van Gijsel, Roeland Van Malderen, Peter von der Gathen, Kaley A. Walker, Elian Wolfram, and Joseph M. Zawodny

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RC C2277: 'Review of: Ground-based assessment of the bias and long-term stability of fourteen limb and occultation ozone profile data records', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Jul 2015
- AC C4132: 'Reply to Reviewer 1', Daan Hubert, 30 Nov 2015
RC C2365: 'Review of "Ground-based assessment of the bias and long-term stability of fourteen limb and occultation ozone profile data records" by Hubert et al., 2015 submitted to AMT.', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Aug 2015
- AC C4133: 'Reply to Reviewer 2', Daan Hubert, 30 Nov 2015
RC C2435: 'Interactive comment on "Ground-based assessment of the bias and long-term stability of fourteen limb and occultation ozone profile data records" by D. Hubert et al', Anonymous Referee #3, 06 Aug 2015
- AC C4134: 'Reply to Reviewer 3', Daan Hubert, 30 Nov 2015
RC C2439: 'Comments, questions and suggestions from review', Lawrence Flynn, 06 Aug 2015
- AC C4135: 'Reply to Reviewer 4', Daan Hubert, 30 Nov 2015
RC C2584: 'Review of the manuscript by Hubert et al.', Anonymous Referee #5, 13 Aug 2015
- AC C4136: 'Reply to Reviewer 5', Daan Hubert, 30 Nov 2015

Short summary

A more detailed understanding of satellite O₃ profile data records is vital for further progress in O₃ research. To this end, we made a comprehensive assessment of 14 limb/occultation profilers using ground-based reference data. The mutual consistency of satellite O₃ in terms of bias, short-term variability and decadal stability is generally good over most of the stratosphere. However, we identified some exceptions that impact the quality of recently merged data sets and ozone trend assessments.