Early validation analyses of atmospheric profiles from EOS MLS on the Aura satellite

Lucien Froidevaux; Nathaniel J. Livesey; William G. Read; Yibo B. Jiang; Carlos Jimenez; Mark J. Filipiak; Michael J. Schwartz; Michelle L. Santee; Hugh C. Pumphrey; Jonathan H. Jiang; Dong L. Wu; Gloria L. Manney; Brian J. Drouin; Joe W. Waters; Eric J. Fetzer; Peter F. Bernath; Chris D. Boone; Kaley A. Walker; Kenneth W. Jucks; Geoffrey C. Toon; James J. Margitan; Bhaswar Sen; Christopher R. Webster; Lance E. Christensen; James W. Elkins; Elliot Atlas; Richard A. Lueb; Roger Hendershot

doi:10.1109/TGRS.2006.864366

Early validation analyses of atmospheric profiles from EOS MLS on the Aura satellite

Lucien Froidevaux
, Nathaniel J. Livesey
, William G. Read
, Yibo B. Jiang
, Carlos Jimenez
, Mark J. Filipiak
, Michael J. Schwartz
, Michelle L. Santee
, Hugh C. Pumphrey
, Jonathan H. Jiang
, Dong L. Wu
, Gloria L. Manney
, Brian J. Drouin
, Joe W. Waters
, Eric J. Fetzer
, Peter F. Bernath
, Chris D. Boone
, Kaley A. Walker
, Kenneth W. Jucks
, Geoffrey C. Toon

James J. Margitan, Bhaswar Sen, Christopher R. Webster, Lance E. Christensen, James W. Elkins, Elliot Atlas, Richard A. Lueb, Roger Hendershot

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Earth Remote Sensing Science Section
Aura Validation Working Group
University of Edinburgh
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
University of Waterloo
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
University of Miami
National Center for Atmospheric Research

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Abstract

We present results of early validation studies using retrieved atmospheric profiles from the Earth Observing System Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) instrument on the Aura satellite. "Global" results are presented for MLS measurements of atmospheric temperature, ozone, water vapor, hydrogen chloride, nitrous oxide, nitric acid, and carbon monoxide, with a focus on the January-March 2005 time period. These global comparisons are made using long-standing global satellites and meteorological datasets, as well as some measurements from more recently launched satellites. Comparisons of MLS data with measurements from the Ft. Sumner, NM, September 2004 balloon flights are also presented. Overall, good agreeement is obtained, often within 5% to 10%, but we point out certain issues to resolve and some larger systematic differences; some artifacts in the first publicly released MLS (version 1.5) dataset are noted. We comment briefly on future plans for validation and software improvements.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1106-1121
Number of pages	16
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Volume	44
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2006.864366
State	Published - May 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Atmospheric retrievals
Data validation

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Froidevaux, L., Livesey, N. J., Read, W. G., Jiang, Y. B., Jimenez, C., Filipiak, M. J., Schwartz, M. J., Santee, M. L., Pumphrey, H. C., Jiang, J. H., Wu, D. L., Manney, G. L., Drouin, B. J., Waters, J. W., Fetzer, E. J., Bernath, P. F., Boone, C. D., Walker, K. A., Jucks, K. W., ... Hendershot, R. (2006). Early validation analyses of atmospheric profiles from EOS MLS on the Aura satellite. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 44(5), 1106-1121. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2006.864366

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