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Fishman et al. 1990
Fishman, J., Watson, C.E., Larsen, J.C. and Logan, J.A. (1990). Distribution of tropospheric ozone determined from satellite data. Journal of Geophysical Research 95: doi: 10.1029/89JD02784. issn: 0148-0227.

An analysis of more than 22,000 ozone profiles from Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment I (SAGE I) (1979--1981) and SAGE II (1984--1987) between 50¿N and 50¿S is used in conjunction with 9 years (1979--1987) of daily global depictions of total ozone from the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) instrument aboard Nimbus 7 to investigate the spatial distribution and seasonal cycle of the integrated amount of ozone in the troposphere. In the tropics, highest concentrations are found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean downwind (west) of Africa and maximize during the time when biomass burning is most prevalent, between July and October. A different seasonal cycle in the tropics is also observed over Indonesia where a relative maximum is present in the March--April time frame, likewise consistent with when biomass burning is most prevalent. At mid-latitudes, highest concentrations are found downwind of Asia and maximize in the summer. Relatively higher amounts of tropospheric ozone are similarly observed downwind of North America and Europe. At mid-latitudes, the ratio between the amount of tropospheric ozone in the northern hemisphere and the amount in the southern hemisphere is 1.4, in good agreement with in situ measurements. A detailed comparison of this satellite technique with available ozonesonde measurements suggests that the accuracy of this method for deriving the climatology of tropospheric ozone is probably better than 10% in the tropics and 15% at mid-latitudes. We also show that TOMS total ozone measurements in the tropics can often be used independently to provide important qualtative insight into the behavior of tropospheric ozone at these low latitudes.

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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Troposphere—composition and chemistry
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