Estimation of ozone with total ozone portable spectroradiometer instruments. I. Theoretical model and error analysis

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 30, 1996, Pages 6076-6083

  Flynn, Lawrence E ^a   Labow, Gordon J ^b   Beach, Robert A ^c,d   Rawlins, Michael A ^c,e   Flittner, David E ^b  

^a Software Corporation of America   (United States)

^b HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ozone retrievals; Surface UV

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC INSTRUMENT; OZONE; SPECTRORADIOMETER; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 0030319558     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.006076     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. World Meteorological Organisation, Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 1994, Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project, Rep. No. 37 (World Meteorological Organisation, Geneva, 1995), and references therein.
2. M. Huber, M. Blumthaler, and W. Armbach, “Total atmospheric ozone determined from spectral measurements of direct solar irradiance,” Geophys. Res. Lett. 22(1), 53-56 (1995).
3. F. M. Mims, “How to measure the ozone layer,” Sci. Probe 2, 45-51 (1992).
4. J. A. Reagan, L. W. Thomason, B. M. Herman, and J. M. Palmer, “Assessment of atmospheric limitations on the determination of solar spectral constant from ground-based spec-troradiometer measurements,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. and Remote Sensing 24(2), 258-266 (1986).
5. A. M. Bass and R. J. Paur, “The ultraviolet cross-sections of ozone. I. The measurements,” Atmospheric Ozone, C. S. Zerefos and A. Ghazi, eds. (Reidel, Norwell, Mass., 1984) pp. 611-617.
6. D. R. Bates, “Rayleigh scattering by air,” Planet. Space Sci. 32, 785-790 (1984).
7. 2 at 188-231 and 278.7320 nm,” J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 47, 359-373 (1992).
8. T. N. Woods, D. K. Prinz, G. J. Rottman, J. London, P. C. Crane, R. P. Cebula, E. Hilsenrath, G. E. Brueckner, M. D. Andrews, O. R. White, M. E. VanHoosier, L. E. Floyd, L. C. Herring, D. G. Knapp, C. K. Pankratz, and P. A. Reiser, “Validation of the UARS solar ultraviolet irradiances: comparison with the ATLAS 1 and 2 measurements,” J. Geophys. Res. 101, 9541-9570 (1996).
9. G. J. Labow, L. E. Flynn, M. A. Rawlins, R. A. Beach, C. A. Simmons, and C. M. Schubert, “Estimation of ozone with total ozone portable spectroradiometer instruments. II. Practical operation and comparisons,” Appl. Opt. 35, 6084-6089 (1996).
10. A. J. Krueger, L. S. Walter, P. K. Bhartia, C. C. Schnetzler, N. A. Krotkov, I. Sprod, and G. J. S. Bluth, “Volcanic sulfur dioxide measurements from the total ozone mapping spectrometer instruments,” J. Geophys. Res. 100, 14057-14076 (1995).
11. 2 absorption cross sections in the near UV,” J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 37, 165-182 (1987).
12. J. V. Dave, “Effect of aerosols on the estimation of total ozone in an atmospheric column from the measurements of its ultraviolet radiance,” J. Atmos. Sci. 35, 899-911 (1978).
13. B. M. Herman and S. B. Browning, “A numerical solution to the equation of radiative transfer,” J. Atmos. Sci. 22, 559-566 (1965).
14. B. M. Herman, S. B. Browning, and J. A. Reagan, “An analytic study of the solar aureole,” presented at the International Radiation Symposium, Ft. Collins, Colo., August 11-16, 1980.
15. L. Elterman, “UV, visible and IR attenuation for altitudes to 50 km,” AFCRL-68-1053 (U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Bedford, Mass., 1968).
16. R. W. Spencer and J. R. Christy, “Precision lower stratospheric temperature monitoring with the MSU: technique, validation and results 1979-1991,” J. Clim. 6, 1194-1204 (1993).
17. For example, see equations on p. C24 in The Astronomical Almanac, for the Year 1986 (Nautical Almanac Office, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1985).
18. R. D. McPeters, A. J. Krueger, P. K. Bhar-tia, J. R. Herman, A. Oaks, Z. Ahmad, R. P. Cebula, B. M. Schlesinger, T. Swissler, S. L. Taylor, O. Torres, and C. G. Wellemeyer, Nimbus-7 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) Data Products User’s Guide, NASA Ref. Pub. 1323 (NASA, Washington, D.C., 1993).
19. A. Dahlback and K. Stamnes, “A new spherical model for computing the radiation field available for photolysis and heating at twilight,” Planet. Space Sci. 5, 671-683 (1991).
20. M. T. DeLand and R. P. Cebula, “The composite Mg II solar activity index for solar cycles 21 and 22,” J. Geophys. Res. 98, 12809-12823 (1993).
21. W. J. F. Evans, H. Fast, A. J. Forester, G. S. Henderson, J. B. Kerr, R. K. R. Vupputuri, and D. I. Wardle, Stratospheric Ozone Science in Canada: An Agenda for Research and Monitoring, Internal Rep. ARD 87-3 (Atmospheric Environment Service, Downsview, Ontario, Canada, 1987).