Accuracy of total ozone retrieval from NOAA SBUV/2 measurements: Impact of instrument performance
Journal Article
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· Journal of Geophysical Research
- Hughes STX Corporation, Lanham, MD (United States)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NOAA/NESDIS) has been collecting and evaluating the solar backscattered ultraviolet (SBUV/2) instrument data from NOAA 9 and NOAA 11 spacecraft since March 1985. Over 5 years (March 1985 to October 1990) of NOAA 9 (version 5.0) and over 4 years (January 1989 to June 1993) of NOAA 11 (version 6.0) reprocessed data are now available to the scientific community to study geophysical phenomena involving ozone. This paper examines the impact of the instrument performance on total ozone retrieval from the two instruments. We estimate that at the end of October 1990 the total postlaunch error for NOAA 9 due to instrument alone is -2.2%. A significant fraction of this error (-1.9%) is due to diffuser degradation which is not accounted for in the version 5 reprocessing. The estimate for NOAA 11 total postlaunch instrument error, at the end of June 1993, is -0.4%.
- Research Organization:
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, MD (United States). Goddard Space Flight Center
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 45816
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal Name: Journal of Geophysical Research Journal Issue: D11 Vol. 99; ISSN JGREA2; ISSN 0148-0227
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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