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Retrieval of nitric oxide in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere from SCIAMACHY limb spectra

Bender, S. 1; Sinnhuber, M. ORCID iD icon 1; Burrows, J. P.; Langowski, M.; Funke, B.; Lopez-Puertas, M.
1 Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

We use the ultra-violet (UV) spectra in the range 230–300 nm from the SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY (SCIAMACHY) to retrieve the nitric oxide (NO) number densities from atmospheric emissions in the gamma-bands in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere. Using 3-D ray tracing, a 2-D retrieval grid, and regularisation with respect to altitude and latitude, we retrieve a whole semi-orbit simultaneously for the altitude range from 60 to 160 km. We present details of the retrieval algorithm, first results, and initial comparisons to data from the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS). Our results agree on average well with MIPAS data and are in line with previously published measurements from other instruments. For the time of available measurements in 2008–2011, we achieve a vertical resolution of 5–10 km in the altitude range 70–140 km and a horizontal resolution of about 9° from 60° S–60° N. With this we have independent measurements of the NO densities in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere with approximately global coverage. This data can be further used to validate climate models or as input for them.


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000038831
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-2521-2013
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung – Atmosphärische Spurenstoffe und Fernerkundung (IMK-ASF)
KIT-Zentrum Klima und Umwelt (ZKU)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2013
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1867-1381, 1867-8548
urn:nbn:de:swb:90-388311
KITopen-ID: 1000038831
HGF-Programm 12.04.03 (POF II, LK 01) Chem.Budgets u.Chemie-Klima-Wechselw.
Erschienen in Atmospheric measurement techniques
Verlag Copernicus Publications
Band 6
Heft 9
Seiten 2521-2531
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