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Accurate satellite-derived estimates of tropospheric ozone radiative forcing
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Platnick, Steven Levelt, Pieternel F. Schoeberl, Mark R. Joiner, Joanna Vasilkov, Alexander P. Oreopoulos Sr., Lazaros Livesey, Nathaniel J. |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Description | Estimates of the radiative forcing due to anthropogenically-produced tropospheric O3 are derived primarily from models. Here, we use tropospheric ozone and cloud data from several instruments in the A-train constellation of satellites as well as information from the GEOS-5 Data Assimilation System to accurately estimate the instantaneous radiative forcing from tropospheric O3 for January and July 2005. We improve upon previous estimates of tropospheric ozone mixing ratios from a residual approach using the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) and Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) by incorporating cloud pressure information from OMI. Since we cannot distinguish between natural and anthropogenic sources with the satellite data, our estimates reflect the total forcing due to tropospheric O3. We focus specifically on the magnitude and spatial structure of the cloud effect on both the shortand long-wave radiative forcing. The estimates presented here can be used to validate present day O3 radiative forcing produced by models. |
| File Size | 2165918 |
| Page Count | 38 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20090006638 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1mh2kv6q |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2008-12-05 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology And Climatology Microwave Landing Systems Earth Observing System Eos Atmospheric Composition Algorithms Mixing Ratios Troposphere Microwave Sounding Satellite Observation Ozone Data Systems Radiative Heat Transfer Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |