HR: 13:40h
AN: SA33A-01    [Abstracts]
TI: A Preliminary Climatology of Mesospheric Temperature and Ozone Retrieved by the TIMED/SABER Experiment
AU: * Russell, J M
EM: james.russell@hamptonu.edu
AF: Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Hampton University 23 Tyler Street, Hampton, VA 23668
AU: Mlynczak, M G
EM: m.g.mlynczak@larc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA, Langely Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681
AU: Mertens, C J
EM: c.j.mertens@larc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA, Langely Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681
AU: Gordley, L L
EM: larry@gats-inc.com
AF: GATS, Inc., 11864 Cannon Boulevard Suite 101 , Newport News, VA 23606
AU: Marshall, B T
EM: B.T.Marshall [tom@gats-inc.com
AF: GATS, Inc., 11864 Cannon Boulevard Suite 101 , Newport News, VA 23606
AU: Thompson, R E
EM: r.e.thompson@gats-inc.com
AF: GATS, Inc., 11864 Cannon Boulevard Suite 101 , Newport News, VA 23606
AU: Rong, P
EM: ping-ping.rong@hamptonu.edu
AF: Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Hampton University 23 Tyler Street, Hampton, VA 23668
AB: The Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) experiment was launched on December 7, 2001 into a 74.1 degree inclined, 625 km orbit onboard the TIMED satellite. The primary science goal of SABER is to achieve major advances in understanding the structure, energetics, chemistry, and dynamics in the atmospheric region extending from 60 to 180 km altitude. SABER has been operating almost continuously since activation using the space flight proven experiment approach of spectral broadband limb emission radiometry applied in 10 selected infrared spectral bands ranging from 1.27 micrometers to 17 micrometers wavelength. Observed limb emission profiles are being processed on the ground to provide vertical profiles with 2 km altitude resolution of O3, H2O, CO2, O, H, energetics parameters and temperature. Measurements are made both night and day over the latitude range from 52S to 83N with alternating hemisphere coverage every 60 days. We describe in this paper a preliminary climatology of temperature and ozone using retrieval version 1.04 and show updates using the latest V1.06 retrieval. Zonal means, polar projections, temporal variability, day/night behavior and "typical" responses to geophysical events will be described. The latter is described using NO radiance observations.
DE: 0300 ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE
DE: 0340 Middle atmosphere: composition and chemistry
DE: 0341 Middle atmosphere: constituent transport and chemistry (3334)
DE: 0350 Pressure, density, and temperature
DE: 0355 Thermosphere: composition and chemistry
SC: SPA-Aeronomy [SA]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005