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AN: A51D-0812    [Abstracts]
TI: A Unified Solar Occultation Data Base
AU: * Randall, C
EM: randall@lasp.colorado.edu
AF: Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 United States
AB: The historical and ongoing archive of satellite-based solar and stellar occultation measurements is an international treasure. These data are valued particularly for their longevity, high vertical resolution, high accuracy and trend-quality nature. The Solar Occultation Satellite Science Team (SOSST), which is composed of a diverse community of scientists including representatives from all of the occultation instrument teams, is developing a single, unified data base of occultation data. The goal in developing such a data base is to more efficiently capitalize on the historical and continuing data from the occultation instruments, in part by increasing the use of SOSST data by climate modelers and the more general satellite community. The unified data base integrates measurements from all of the different occultation instruments, and includes ancillary meteorological data to facilitate scientific investigations. This presentation will describe the unified data base concept, and will outline a preliminary structure for the archive. To integrate applications of data from different instruments, cross-calibration of the data sets is required. Intercomparisons of the O3, NO2, H2O, and aerosol extinction profiles, utilizing the most recent retrieval versions from all instruments, will be summarized.
DE: 1610 Atmosphere (0315, 0325)
DE: 0305 Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801)
DE: 0340 Middle atmosphere--composition and chemistry
DE: 0394 Instruments and techniques
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting