Validation and Comparison of Tropospheric Column Ozone Derived from GOME...

Noguchi, K., N. Urita, S. Hayashida, X. Liu, and K. Chance (2007), Validation and Comparison of Tropospheric Column Ozone Derived from GOME Measurements with Ozonesondes over Japan, Sola, 3, 44, doi:10.2151/sola.2007.
Abstract: 

Tropospheric column ozone derived from Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME) measurements (GOME-O3) was validated using operational ozonesonde measurements over Japan and compared with Tropospheric Ozone Residual (TOR) derived from Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer and Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet measurements. The GOME-O3 validation showed positive biases with a magnitude of less than 3 DU (∼10%) and random errors of 5 9 DU (∼15 30%) at collocated sonde stations. GOME-O3 showed better agreement with ozonesonde measurements over Japan than TOR did. The direct comparison between GOME-O3 and TOR showed the underestimation of TOR during winter and spring in the southern part of Japan (around 30°N).

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Atmospheric Composition Modeling and Analysis Program (ACMAP)
Tropospheric Composition Program (TCP)