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Comparison of total ozone and erythemal UV data from OMI with ground-based measurements at Rome station
Physics Department, Sapienza – University of Rome, Italy
Abstract. Ground-based total ozone and surface UV irradiance measurements have been collected since 1992 using Brewer spectrophotometer and Erythemal Dose Rates (EDRs) have been determined by a broad-band radiometer (model YES UVB-1) operational since 2000 at Rome station. The methodology to retrieve the EDR and the Erythemal Daily Dose (EDD) from the radiometer observations is described. Ground-based measurements were compared with satellite-derived total ozone and UV data from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI). OMI, onboard the NASA EOS Aura spacecraft, is a nadir viewing spectrometer that provides total ozone and surface UV retrievals. The results of the validation exercise showed satisfactory agreement between OMI and Brewer total ozone data, for both OMI-TOMS and OMI-DOAS ozone alghorithms (biases of −1.8% and −0.7%, respectively). Regarding UV data, OMI data overestimate ground-based erythemally weighted data retrieved from both Brewer and YES Radiometer (biases about 20%), probably because of the effect of absorbing aerosols in an urban site such as Rome.
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Citation: Ialongo, I., Casale, G. R., and Siani, A. M.: Comparison of total ozone and erythemal UV data from OMI with ground-based measurements at Rome station, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 8, 2381-2401, 2008. Bibtex EndNote Reference Manager
