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AN: A42C-0776    [PDF]
TI: ILAS-II measurements of trace gases, temperature and pressure: Comparison with solar occultation sensors
AU: * Terao, Y
EM: terao.yukio@nies.go.jp
AF: National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, 305-8506 Japan
AU: Saitoh, N
EM: saitoh.naoko@nies.go.jp
AF: National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, 305-8506 Japan
AU: Sugita, T
EM: tsugita@nies.go.jp
AF: National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, 305-8506 Japan
AU: Nakajima, H
EM: hide@nies.go.jp
AF: National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, 305-8506 Japan
AU: Yokota, T
EM: yoko@nies.go.jp
AF: National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, 305-8506 Japan
AU: Kobayashi, H
EM: satmng@nies.go.jp
AF: National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, 305-8506 Japan
AU: Sasano, Y
EM: ysasano@op.cao.go.jp
AF: National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, 305-8506 Japan
AB: The Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer (ILAS)-II on the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS)-II was launched on 14 December, 2002. ILAS-II started to measure vertical profiles of several trace gas concentrations, aerosol extinction coefficients, temperature and pressure in the polar stratosphere from January 2003. In this study we will present initial validation results of the ILAS-II version 1.0 and 1.1 data through comparisons with multiple satellite-borne solar occultation sensors, the Halogen Occultation Experiment (HALOE), the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) III and the Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement (POAM) III. The ILAS-II O$_3$, H$_2$O and NO$_2$ profiles were compared with the HALOE, SAGE III and POAM III measurements. The ILAS-II CH$_4$ profiles were compared with the HALOE. The ILAS-II measurements of temperature and pressure were compared with the HALOE and the SAGE III measurements. The results suggest that the ILAS-II O$_3$ data agree well with correlative measurements. The ILAS-II data on the other gases, temperature and pressure have some differences from correlative data.
DE: 0340 Middle atmosphere--composition and chemistry
DE: 0341 Middle atmosphere--constituent transport and chemistry (3334)
DE: 0350 Pressure, density, and temperature
DE: 1610 Atmosphere (0315, 0325)
DE: 1640 Remote sensing
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting