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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2022-260
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2022-260
28 Oct 2022
 | 28 Oct 2022
Status: a revised version of this preprint was accepted for the journal AMT and is expected to appear here in due course.

MIPAS IMK/IAA version 8 retrieval of nitric oxide and lower thermospheric temperature

Bernd Funke, Maya García-Comas, Norbert Glatthor, Udo Grabowski, Sylvia Kellmann, Michael Kiefer, Andrea Linden, Manuel López-Puertas, Gabriele P. Stiller, and Thomas von Clarmann

Abstract. New global nitric oxide (NO) volume mixing ratio and lower thermospheric temperature data products, retrieved from Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) spectra with the IMK-IAA MIPAS data processor, have been released. The dataset covers the entire Envisat mission lifetime and includes retrieval results from all MIPAS observation modes. The data are based on ESA version 8 calibration and were processed using an improved retrieval approach compared to previous versions, specifically regarding the choice and construction of the a priori and atmospheric parameter profiles, the treatment of horizontal inhomogeneities, the treatment of the radiance offset correction, and the selection of optimized numerical settings. NO retrieval errors of individual observations are dominated by measurement noise and range from 5 % to 50 % in the stratosphere and thermosphere, and reach 40 % to 90 % in the mesosphere. Systematic errors are typically within 10–30 %. Lower thermospheric temperature errors are 5 K to 50 K with a systematic component of around 10K, the latter being dominated by non-LTE related uncertainties. NO data from different observation modes are consistent within 5–10 %. MIPAS version 8 temperatures have a better representation of the diurnal tide in the lower thermosphere compared to previous data versions. The new MIPAS temperatures are systematically warmer than results from the empirical NLRMSIS2.0 model by 30 K to 80 K in the 100–120 km region, and are colder above.

Bernd Funke et al.

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Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on amt-2022-260', Chris Boone, 11 Nov 2022
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Bernd Funke, 20 Jan 2023
  • RC2: 'Comment on amt-2022-260', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Nov 2022
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Bernd Funke, 20 Jan 2023

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on amt-2022-260', Chris Boone, 11 Nov 2022
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Bernd Funke, 20 Jan 2023
  • RC2: 'Comment on amt-2022-260', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Nov 2022
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Bernd Funke, 20 Jan 2023

Bernd Funke et al.

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New global nitric oxide (NO) volume mixing ratio and lower thermospheric temperature data products, retrieved from Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) spectra with the IMK-IAA MIPAS data processor, have been released. The dataset covers the entire Envisat mission lifetime and includes retrieval results from all MIPAS observation modes. The data are based on ESA version 8 calibration and were processed using an improved retrieval approach.