Ozone profiles above Kiruna from two ground-based radiometers

Ryan, Niall J.; Walker, Kaley A.; Raffalski, Uwe; Kivi, Rigel; Gross, Jochen; Manney, Gloria L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4503-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4503-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4503-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 9

Research article

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12 Sep 2016

Research article |

| 12 Sep 2016

Ozone profiles above Kiruna from two ground-based radiometers

Niall J. Ryan, Kaley A. Walker, Uwe Raffalski, Rigel Kivi, Jochen Gross, and Gloria L. Manney

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4503-2016-supplement

Data sets

MLS/Aura Level 2 Ozone (O3) Mixing Ratio V003, version 003 from Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC), Greenbelt, MD, USA EOS MLS Science Team http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/ML2O3_003.html

The Sodankylä ozonesonde data in the NDACC database NDACC ftp://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ndacc/station/sodanky/ames/o3sonde/

Short summary

Atmospheric ozone concentrations above Kiruna, Sweden, within 16–54 km altitude, were obtained using measurements from two ground-based instruments, KIMRA and MIRA 2. The results were compared to satellite and balloon data for validation, revealing an oscillatory offset in KIMRA data between 18 and 35 km. KIMRA data from 2008 to 2013 show a local minimum in mid-stratospheric winter ozone concentrations that is likely due to dynamics related to the polar vortex.