Relative drifts and biases between six ozone limb satellite measurements from the last decade

Rahpoe, N.; Weber, M.; Rozanov, A. V.; Weigel, K.; Bovensmann, H.; Burrows, J. P.; Laeng, A.; Stiller, G.; von Clarmann, T.; Kyrölä, E.; Sofieva, V. F.; Tamminen, J.; Walker, K.; Degenstein, D.; Bourassa, A. E.; Hargreaves, R.; Bernath, P.; Urban, J.; Murtagh, D. P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4369-2015

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16 Oct 2015

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| 16 Oct 2015

Relative drifts and biases between six ozone limb satellite measurements from the last decade

N. Rahpoe, M. Weber, A. V. Rozanov, K. Weigel, H. Bovensmann, J. P. Burrows, A. Laeng, G. Stiller, T. von Clarmann, E. Kyrölä, V. F. Sofieva, J. Tamminen, K. Walker, D. Degenstein, A. E. Bourassa, R. Hargreaves, P. Bernath, J. Urban, and D. P. Murtagh

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RC C699: 'Review of "Relative drifts and biases between six ozone limb satellite measurements from the last decade"', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Apr 2015
- AC C2303: 'Final Response Ref # 1', Nabiz Rahpoe, 30 Jul 2015
RC C1082: 'Review of "Relative drifts and biases between six ozone limb satellite measurements from the last decade"', Anonymous Referee #3, 08 May 2015
- AC C2309: 'Final Response # 3', Nabiz Rahpoe, 30 Jul 2015
RC C1098: 'Interactive comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 May 2015
- AC C2314: 'Final Response # 2', Nabiz Rahpoe, 30 Jul 2015

Short summary

The analyses among six satellite instruments measuring ozone reveals that the relative drift between the sensors is not significant in the stratosphere and we conclude that merging of data from these instruments is possible. The merged ozone profiles can then be ingested in global climate models for long-term forecasts of ozone and climate change in the atmosphere. The added drift uncertainty is estimated at about 3% per decade (1 sigma) and should be applied in the calculation of ozone trends.