Early validation analyses of atmospheric profiles from EOS MLS on the aura Satellite |
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| Authors: | Froidevaux L Livesey NJ Read WG Jiang YB Jimenez C Filipiak MJ Schwartz MJ Santee ML Pumphrey HC Jiang JH Wu DL Manney GL Drouin BJ Waters JW Fetzer EJ Bernath PF Boone CD Walker KA Jucks KW Toon GC Margitan JJ Sen B Webster CR Christensen LE Elkins JW Atlas E Lueb RA Hendershot R |
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| Affiliation: | Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA; |
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| Abstract: | We present results of early validation studies using retrieved atmospheric profiles from the Earth Observing System Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) instrument on the Aura satellite. "Global" results are presented for MLS measurements of atmospheric temperature, ozone, water vapor, hydrogen chloride, nitrous oxide, nitric acid, and carbon monoxide, with a focus on the January-March 2005 time period. These global comparisons are made using long-standing global satellites and meteorological datasets, as well as some measurements from more recently launched satellites. Comparisons of MLS data with measurements from the Ft. Sumner, NM, September 2004 balloon flights are also presented. Overall, good agreement is obtained, often within 5% to 10%, but we point out certain issues to resolve and some larger systematic differences; some artifacts in the first publicly released MLS (version 1.5) dataset are noted. We comment briefly on future plans for validation and software improvements. |
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