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On the quality of MIPAS kinetic temperature in the middle atmosphere

García-Comas, M.; Funke, B.; López-Puertas, M.; Bermejo-Pantaleón, D.; Glatthor, N. 1; Clarmann, T. von 1; Stiller, G. ORCID iD icon 1; Grabowski, U. 1; Boone, C. D.; French, W. J. R.; Leblanc, T.; López-González, M. J.; Schwartz, M. J.
1 Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

The kinetic temperature and line of sight elevation information are retrieved from the MIPAS Middle Atmosphere (MA), Upper Atmosphere (UA) and NoctiLucent- Cloud (NLC) modes of high spectral resolution limb observations of the CO2 15 μm emission using the dedicated IMK/IAA retrieval algorithm, which considers non-local thermodynamic equilibrium conditions. These variables are accurately derived from about 20 km (MA) and 40 km (UA and NLC) to 105 km globally and both at daytime and nighttime. Typical temperature random errors are smaller than 0.5K below 50 km, 0.5–2K at 50–70 km, and 2–7K above. The systematic error is typically 1K below 70 km, 1–3K from 70 to 85 km and 3–11K from 85 to 100 km. The average vertical resolution is typically 4 km below 35 km, 3 km at 35–50 km, 4–6 km at 50–90 km, and 6–10 km above. We compared our MIPAS temperature retrievals from 2005 to 2009 with co-located ground-based measurements from the lidars located at the Table Mountain Facility and Mauna Loa Observatory, the SATI spectrograph in Granada (Spain) and the Davis station spectrometer, and satellite observations from ACE-FTS, Aura-MLS and TIMED-SABER from 20 km to 100 km. ... mehr


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000038951
Veröffentlicht am 24.05.2018
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DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-6009-2012
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung – Atmosphärische Spurenstoffe und Fernerkundung (IMK-ASF)
KIT-Zentrum Klima und Umwelt (ZKU)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2012
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1680-7316, 1680-7324
urn:nbn:de:swb:90-389518
KITopen-ID: 1000038951
HGF-Programm 12.04.03 (POF II, LK 01) Chem.Budgets u.Chemie-Klima-Wechselw.
Erschienen in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
Verlag European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Band 12
Heft 13
Seiten 6009-6039
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