Intercomparison of Odin–SMR ozone profiles with ground-based millimetre-wave observations in the Arctic, the mid-latitudes, and the tropics

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Physics
• Main Authors: Kopp, G, Belova, A, Diez y Riega V, E, Groß, J, Hochschild, G, Hoffmann, P, Murtagh, D, Raffalski, U, Urban, J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2007
• Subjects: General Physics and Astronomy; Arctic; Kiruna; Mira
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/p07-088; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/p07-088

The sub-millimetre radiometer (SMR) on board the Odin satellite measures signatures of ozone in two bands centred at 501.8 and 544.6 GHz. From the measurements, ozone volume mixing ratio profiles in the stratosphere and lower mesosphere are retrieved using the Optimal Estimation Method. In this pape...