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Quality assessment of O<sub>3</sub> profiles measured by a state-of-the-art ground-based FTIR observing system
M. Schneider
matthias.schneider@imk.fzk.de
F. Hase
T. Blumenstock
A. Redondas
E. Cuevas
IMK-ASF, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Centro de Investigación Atmosférico de Izaña, Instituto Nacional de MeteorologÃa, Spain
Ground-based FTIR measurements are an important component of the
global atmospheric monitoring system. Their essential role in
validating satellite measurements requires a precise documentation
of their quality. Here we present an extensive quality documentation
of ground-based FTIR O<sub>3</sub> profiles. This is done in form of
theoretical and empirical error estimations. The latter is achieved
by intercomparison to ECC-sonde O<sub>3</sub> profiles. The FTIR
O<sub>3</sub> amounts are obtained by applying the currently most
advanced instrumentation and retrieval strategies. It consequently
presents the current potential of this remote sensing technique.
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