Theoretical validation of ground-based microwave ozone observations
Ground-based microwave measurements of the diurnal and seasonal variations of ozoneat 42±4.5 and 55±8 km are validated by comparing with results from a zero-dimensional photochemical model and a two-dimensional (2D) chemical/radiative/dynamical model, respectively. O<sub>3</sub> diur...
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| author | P. Ricaud G. Brasseur J. Brillet J. de La Noë J.-P. Parisot M. Pirre |
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| description | Ground-based microwave measurements of the
diurnal and seasonal variations of ozoneat 42±4.5 and 55±8 km are validated by
comparing with results from a zero-dimensional photochemical model and a
two-dimensional (2D) chemical/radiative/dynamical model, respectively. O<sub>3</sub>
diurnal amplitudes measured in Bordeaux are shown to be in agreement with theory
to within 5%. For the seasonal analysis of O<sub>3</sub> variation, at 42±4.5
km, the 2D model underestimates the yearly averaged ozone concentration compared
with the measurements. A double maximum oscillation (~3.5%) is measured in
Bordeaux with an extended maximum in September and a maximum in February, whilst
the 2D model predicts only a single large maximum (17%) in August and a
pronounced minimum in January. Evidence suggests that dynamical transport causes
the winter O<sub>3</sub> maximum by propagation of planetary waves, phenomena
which are not explicitly reproduced by the 2D model. At 55±8 km, the modeled
yearly averaged O<sub>3</sub> concentration is in very good agreement with the
measured yearly average. A strong annual oscillation is both measured and
modeled with differences in the amplitude shown to be exclusively linked to
temperature fields. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-60201b1b381b46c5ad6c1e1aeaaa6e9e2022-12-21T18:47:59ZengCopernicus PublicationsAnnales Geophysicae0992-76891432-05761994-06-011266467310.1007/s00585-994-0664-5Theoretical validation of ground-based microwave ozone observationsP. RicaudG. BrasseurJ. BrilletJ. de La NoëJ.-P. ParisotM. PirreGround-based microwave measurements of the diurnal and seasonal variations of ozoneat 42±4.5 and 55±8 km are validated by comparing with results from a zero-dimensional photochemical model and a two-dimensional (2D) chemical/radiative/dynamical model, respectively. O<sub>3</sub> diurnal amplitudes measured in Bordeaux are shown to be in agreement with theory to within 5%. For the seasonal analysis of O<sub>3</sub> variation, at 42±4.5 km, the 2D model underestimates the yearly averaged ozone concentration compared with the measurements. A double maximum oscillation (~3.5%) is measured in Bordeaux with an extended maximum in September and a maximum in February, whilst the 2D model predicts only a single large maximum (17%) in August and a pronounced minimum in January. Evidence suggests that dynamical transport causes the winter O<sub>3</sub> maximum by propagation of planetary waves, phenomena which are not explicitly reproduced by the 2D model. At 55±8 km, the modeled yearly averaged O<sub>3</sub> concentration is in very good agreement with the measured yearly average. A strong annual oscillation is both measured and modeled with differences in the amplitude shown to be exclusively linked to temperature fields.https://www.ann-geophys.net/12/664/1994/angeo-12-664-1994.pdf |
| spellingShingle | P. Ricaud G. Brasseur J. Brillet J. de La Noë J.-P. Parisot M. Pirre Theoretical validation of ground-based microwave ozone observations Annales Geophysicae |
| title | Theoretical validation of ground-based microwave ozone observations |
| title_full | Theoretical validation of ground-based microwave ozone observations |
| title_fullStr | Theoretical validation of ground-based microwave ozone observations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Theoretical validation of ground-based microwave ozone observations |
| title_short | Theoretical validation of ground-based microwave ozone observations |
| title_sort | theoretical validation of ground based microwave ozone observations |
| url | https://www.ann-geophys.net/12/664/1994/angeo-12-664-1994.pdf |
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