Balloon-borne measurements of NO2: can a comparison of remote techniques be made from the historic data? |
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Authors: | Roscof H. K. |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Atmospheric Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, OX1 3PU Oxford, England |
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Abstract: | When all balloon-borne measurements of NO2 in the stratosphere are reviewed, the profiles show a wide spread. Measurements of the total amount in a vertical column suggest that variability should be low when only profiles measured at mid-latitudes close to equinox are selected. With this selection, the standard deviation of the profiles measured by each technique is often less than ±20%, but the mean profiles measured by each technique differ by up to a factor 2. Despite the profiles not being measured simultaneously, these differences are identical to those revealed by the simultaneous measurements of the Balloon Intercomparison Campaigns of 1982 and 1983-a comparison can be made from the historic data alone. This suggests that measurements of other gases should be similarly reviewed and appropriate selection criteria be found that reduces the standard deviations of the measurements by any one technique. The techniques can then be intercompared without new simultaneous flights. |
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Keywords: | NO2 balloon stratosphere intercomparison |
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