Simulation study for ground-based Ku-band microwave observations of ozone and hydroxyl in the polar middle atmosphere

Newnham, David A.; Clilverd, Mark A.; Kosch, Michael; Seppälä, Annika; Verronen, Pekka T.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1375-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1375-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1375-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

Research article

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01 Mar 2019

Research article |

| 01 Mar 2019

Simulation study for ground-based Ku-band microwave observations of ozone and hydroxyl in the polar middle atmosphere

David A. Newnham, Mark A. Clilverd, Michael Kosch, Annika Seppälä, and Pekka T. Verronen

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Final revised paper (published on 01 Mar 2019)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Simulation study', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Nov 2018
- AC1: 'Author comments on RC1: 'Simulation study', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Nov 2018', David Newnham, 08 Feb 2019
RC2: 'review of simulation study for measuring O3 and OH', Anonymous Referee #3, 07 Dec 2018
- AC2: 'Author comments on RC2: 'review of simulation study for measuring O3 and OH', Anonymous Referee #3, 07 Dec 2018', David Newnham, 08 Feb 2019
RC3: 'Review of "Simulation study for ground-based Ku-band microwave observations of ozone and hydroxyl in the polar middle atmosphere" by Newnham et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Dec 2018
- AC3: 'Author comments on RC3: 'Review of "Simulation study for ground-based Ku-band microwave observations of ozone and hydroxyl in the polar middle atmosphere" by Newnham et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Dec 2018', David Newnham, 08 Feb 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by David Newnham on behalf of the Authors (08 Feb 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (11 Feb 2019) by Gabriele Stiller

Short summary

A simulation study has been carried out to investigate the potential for observing ozone and hydroxyl radical abundances in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere using ground-based passive microwave radiometry. In the polar middle atmosphere these chemical species respond strongly to geomagnetic activity associated with space weather. The results show that measuring diurnal variations in ozone and hydroxyl from high-latitude Northern Hemisphere and Antarctic locations would be possible.