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Remsberg, E.E., Bhatt, P.P., Eckman, R.S., Gordley, L.L., Russell, J.M. and Siskind, D.E. (1994). Effect of the HITRAN 92 spectral data on the retrieval of NO2 mixing ratios from Nimbus 7 LIMS. Journal of Geophysical Research 99: doi: 10.1029/94JD02042. issn: 0148-0227. |
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To ensure spectral consistency when comparing Nimbus 7 LIMS NO2 distributions with those from ATMOS and UARS, 1 day (May 5, 1979) of LIMS measurements were reprocessed using the NO2 line list on the HITRAN 92 tape compiled by AFGL. The revised NO2 mixing ratios are smaller by up to 20%. The decrease is not constant with height, latitude, or time of day but depends on the absolute amount of NO2 in the profile, as a result of a change in the degree of saturation for the strong NO2 spectral lines. The revised NO2 agrees better with correlative measurements and with NO2 distributions from the SAGE and HALOE satellite experiments but not with those from ATMOS 85. Profiles of the day/night ratio of revised NO2 are now larger near 5 hPa. There is also some improvement between observed and modeled ozone in the upper stratosphere, when the revised nighttime NO2 profile is used as the estimate of NOy for the model calculations. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1994 |
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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Instruments and techniques |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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