Retrieval of three-dimensional small-scale structures in upper-tropospheric/lower-stratospheric composition as measured by GLORIA

  • The three-dimensional quantification of small-scale processes in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere is one of the challenges of current atmospheric research and requires the development of new measurement strategies. This work presents the first results from the newly developed Gimballed Limb Observer for Radiance Imaging of the Atmosphere (GLORIA) obtained during the ESSenCe (ESa Sounder Campaign) and TACTS/ESMVal (TACTS: Transport and composition in the upper troposphere/lowermost stratosphere, ESMVal: Earth System Model Validation) aircraft campaigns. The focus of this work is on the so-called dynamics-mode data characterized by a medium-spectral and a very-high-spatial resolution. The retrieval strategy for the derivation of two- and three-dimensional constituent fields in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere is presented. Uncertainties of the main retrieval targets (temperature, O3, HNO3, and CFC-12) and their spatial resolution are discussed. During ESSenCe, high-resolution two-dimensional cross-sections have been obtained. Comparisons to collocated remote-sensing and in situ data indicate a good agreement between the data sets. During TACTS/ESMVal, a tomographic flight pattern to sense an intrusion of stratospheric air deep into the troposphere was performed. It was possible to reconstruct this filament at an unprecedented spatial resolution of better than 500 m vertically and 20 × 20 km horizontally.

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Author:Manfred KaufmannORCiDGND, Jörg BlankORCiDGND, Tobias Guggenmoser, Jörn UngermannORCiDGND, Andreas EngelORCiD, Manfred ErnORCiD, Felix Friedl-VallonORCiDGND, Daniel GerberORCiD, Jens-Uwe GrooßORCiDGND, Gebhard GüntherORCiDGND, Michael HöpfnerORCiDGND, Anne KleinertORCiDGND, Ernst Kretschmer, Thomas Latzko, Guido Maucher, Tom Neubert, Hans Nordmeyer, Hermann Oelhaf, Friedhelm Olschewski, Johannes Orphal, Peter Preusse, Hans Schlager, Herbert Schneider, Dirk Schüttemeyer, Fred StrohORCiD, Olga Suminska-Ebersoldt, Bärbel VogelORCiD, C.-Michael Volk, Wolfgang Woiwode, Martin RieseORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-372320
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-81-2015
ISSN:1867-8548
ISSN:1867-1381
Parent Title (English):Atmospheric measurement techniques
Publisher:Copernicus
Place of publication:Katlenburg-Lindau
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2015/01/09
Date of first Publication:2015/01/09
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2015/04/25
Volume:8
Issue:1
Page Number:15
First Page:81
Last Page:95
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© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
HeBIS-PPN:368994317
Institutes:Geowissenschaften / Geographie / Geowissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 55 Geowissenschaften, Geologie / 550 Geowissenschaften
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0