Validation of the Global Distribution of CO2 Volume Mixing Ratio in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere from SABER

Lower Thermosphere from SABER L. Rezac1,2, James M. Russell III2[[email protected]], J. Jian, J. Yue2, A. Kutepov3,4, R. Garcia5, K. Walker6, P. Bernath7 1 Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany 2 Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Hampton University, Hampton, VA, USA 3 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA 4 The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA 5 Atmospheric Chemistry Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA 6 Physics Department, University of Toronto, Canada 7 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA