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AN: A21D-0910    [Abstracts]
TI: Upper tropospheric and lower stratospheric ozone retrievals from AIRS
AU: * Irion, F W
EM: bill.irion@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Newchurch, M J
EM: mike@nsstc.uah.edu
AF: University of Alabama at Huntsville, National Space Science and Tech. Center 320 Sparkman Dr., Huntsville, AL 35805 United States
AU: Lee, S
EM: Sung-Yung.Lee@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Na, S
EM: sunmi@pusan.ac.kr
AF: Pusan National University, 30 Janjeon-dong Geumjeong-gu, Busan, 609-735 Korea, Republic of
AU: Worden, J R
EM: john.r.worden@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Gunson, M R
EM: michael.r.gunson@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AB: The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument has been operating continuously since May, 2002 on the EOS Aqua platform. Using cloud-cleared thermal radiance spectra observed in the nadir, global measurements of ozone profiles and column densities have been made twice-daily on a ~~45 km footprint using the O3 9.6 μm band. Modifications to the retrieval methodology have improved previously reported data, and we present preliminary results of tropical upper tropospheric and lower stratospheric measurements of the ozone volume mixing ratio.
DE: 0300 ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE
DE: 0340 Middle atmosphere: composition and chemistry
DE: 0365 Troposphere: composition and chemistry
DE: 0394 Instruments and techniques
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005