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Influence of Solar Radiation on the Diurnal and Seasonal Variability of O3 and H2O in the Stratosphere and Lower Mesosphere, Based on Continuous Observations in the Tropics and the High Arctic

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Abstract

During the CAWSES DFG (German Research Association) priority program measurements of stratospheric and mesospheric O3 using ground based millimeterwave radiometry have been established and analyzed. Instruments have been operated at two different locations, at Mérida, Venezuela, a high altitude tropic station and at Ny Ålesund, Spitsbergen, an Arctic station. Additionally, data obtained from the millimeterwave radiometer based at Kiruna, Sweden, have been used for an analysis of the 5-day planetary wave.

Measurements of O3 have yielded short term variations in the stratosphere and mesosphere, i.e. diurnal variations. Discrepancies between measured and modeled diurnal amplitude have been found and partially explained.

H2O measurements are more difficult than O3 measurements, as a result of its weak emission and strong tropospheric absorption. Nevertheless considerable effort has been put into the enhancement of H2O measurements using ground based millimeterwave radiometry and the suitability of such measurements could be demonstrated in a campaign at the Schneefernerhaus, Germany (Zugspitze).

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Acknowledgements

The work presented in this chapter was supported by the DFG in the priority program CAWSES with the projects SACOSAT I, II and III and by the EU within the TASTE Project.

The German polar research institute, AWI, and the French polar research institute, IPEV, operate the AWIPEV research base and provide logistic support for the millimeterwave measurements on Spitsbergen.

The personal at the AWIPEV research base performed numerous tasks in maintaining and keeping the instruments running.

The authors acknowledge the support of Environmental Research Station Schneefernerhaus—UFS, Universidad de Los Andes (Mérida, Venezuela), Sistema Teleférico de Mérida and Instituto Nacional de Parques (Venezuela).

ECMWF operational data used in this work have been provided by ECMWF.

The EOS MLS data used in this study were acquired as part of the activities of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, and are archived and distributed by the Goddard Earth Sciences (GES) Data and Information Services Center (DISC).

The TIMED-SABER data were retrieved from ftp://saber.gats-inc.com/. We thank the science and data processing team of TIMED-SABER.

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Palm, M., Golchert, S.H.W., Sinnhuber, M., Hochschild, G., Notholt, J. (2013). Influence of Solar Radiation on the Diurnal and Seasonal Variability of O3 and H2O in the Stratosphere and Lower Mesosphere, Based on Continuous Observations in the Tropics and the High Arctic. In: Lübken, FJ. (eds) Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth System (CAWSES). Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4348-9_8

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