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McDermid et al. 1998
McDermid, I.S., Bergwerff, J.B., Bodeker, G., Boyd, I.S., Brinksma, E.J., Connor, B.J., Farmer, R., Gross, M.R., Kimvilakani, P., Matthews, W.A., McGee, T.J., Ormel, F.T., Parrish, A., Singh, U., Swart, D.P.J. and Tsou, J.J. (1998). OPAL: Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change ozone profiler assessment at Lauder, New Zealand 2. Intercomparison of revised results. Journal of Geophysical Research 103: doi: 10.1029/98JD02707. issn: 0148-0227.

Following a blind intercomparison of ozone profiling instruments in the Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change at Lauder, New Zealand, revisions to the analyses were made resulting in a new data set. This paper compares the revised results from two differential absorption lidars (RIVM and GSFC), a microwave radiometer (Millitech/LaRC), and electrochemical concentration cell (ECC) balloon sondes (NIWA). In general, the results are substantially improved compared to the earlier blind intercomparison. The level of agreement was similar both for single profiles and for the campaign average profile and was approximately 5% for the lidars and the sondes over the altitude range from 15 to 42 km (32 km for sondes). The revised microwave data show a bias of 5--10% high in the region from 22 to 42 km. Starting at 42 km, the lidar errors increase significantly, and comparisons of the microwave results were not possible above this altitude. ¿ 1998 American Geophysical Union

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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Middle atmosphere—composition and chemistry, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Instruments and techniques, Global Change, Remote sensing
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