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Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 9, 12385-12411, 2009
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Technical Note: a combined SBUV and SAGE zonal-mean ozone data set
Environment Canada, Toronto, Canada
Abstract. A stratospheric monthly, zonal-mean combined ozone data set based on Satellite Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) and Solar Backscatter UltraViolet (SBUV) data spanning 1978–2005 is presented. Drifts in individual SBUV instruments and inter-SBUV biases are corrected using SAGE I and II by calculating differences between coincident SAGE-SBUV measurements. In this way the daily, near-global coverage of SBUV(/2) is combined with the stability of SAGE to provide a homogeneous ozone record. The resultant data set shows, for example, a more realistic Quasi-Biennial Oscillation signal compared to the one derived from SBUV data alone. Furthermore, this methodology can be used to extend the present data set beyond the lifetime of SAGE II.
Citation: McLinden, C. A., Tegtmeier, S., and Fioletov, V.: Technical Note: a combined SBUV and SAGE zonal-mean ozone data set, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 9, 12385-12411, doi:10.5194/acpd-9-12385-2009, 2009.