Upper stratospheric (30–50 km) lidar observations of the ozone vertical distribution

Lidar measurements of ozone vertical profiles.

Remote measurements of trace constituents using an active technique such as lidar have been made possible for the rapid development of powerful tunable laser sources. This paper, originally presented at the OSA Topical Meeting on Optical Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, in January 1985, illustrates the differential absorption lidar technique used for the measurement of the ozone vertical distr...

Vertical distribution of ozone trends

Variability and trends in total and vertically resolved stratospheric ozone D. Brunner, J. Staehelin, J. A. Maeder, I. Wohltmann, and G. E. Bodeker Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Alfred Wegner Institute, Potsdam, Germany National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), New Zealand now at: Empa – Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Swi...

Trends in the vertical distribution of ozone

Analyses of satellite, ground-based, and balloon measurements allow updated estimates of trends in the vertical profile of ozone since 1979. The results show overall consistency among several independent measurement systems, particularly for northern hemisphere midlatitudes where most balloon and ground-based measurements are made. Combined trend estimates over these latitudes for the period 19...

Tropical stratospheric aerosol layer from CALIPSO lidar observations

Uncertainties in upper stratospheric ozone trends from 1979 to 1996

The time series of differences in coincident measurements of ozone by Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) and by Solar Backscattered Ultraviolet (SBUV), SBUV/2, Umkehr and Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) are analyzed, and the slopes in the differences are calculated. SAGE ozone measurements are also compared against those by HALOE. The purpose of these comparisons is to look for statis...