On the correspondence between Standard Umkehr, Short Umkehr, and solar backscattered ultraviolet vertical ozone profiles
Abstract
The present investigation is concerned with a comparison between vertical ozone profiles observed by the surface-based Standard Umkehr, Short Umkehr, and the satellite solar backscattered ultraviolet (SBUV) remote sensor. In this paper, the comparisons are conducted on the basis of ozone profiles from the Standard Umkehr inversion method, the Short Umkehr method, and the SBUV method. The satellite SBUV and the ground-based Standard and Short Umkehr methods for observing atmospheric ozone profiles utilize essentially the same physical principles. However, the mathematical inversion procedures of each method differ somewhat. The Umkehr methods are thought to be more sensitive (and thus error prone in the highest and lowest layers of the profile) than the SBUV to the temperature dependence of ozone absorption. The evaluation of the concurrently observed ozone profiles by the three methods provides some useful insight regarding the performance of the methods.
- Publication:
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Journal of Geophysical Research
- Pub Date:
- April 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985JGR....20.3845D
- Keywords:
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- Backscattering;
- Ozonometry;
- Solar Radiation;
- Ultraviolet Radiation;
- Umkehr Effect;
- Colorado;
- Remote Sensing;
- Standard Deviation;
- Vertical Distribution