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Preliminary Validation of SCIAMACHY Nadir OClO SCDs

Thomas Wagner, S. Kühl, Andreas Richter, M. Bruns, John P. Burrows, Klaus-Peter Heue, Bruce K. Kirchoff, W. Wilms‐Grabe, P. Wang, U. Platt

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Abstract

Measurements of OClO total columns can serve as an indicator of stratospheric chlorine activation. It has been shown in several studies that OClO observations from GOME are well suited to characterise the spatial and temporal evolution of the chlorine activation in both hemispheres. Here we present OClO observations from SCIAMACHY in nadir mode. Since to date no operational OClO products are available we investigated scientific products processed by the Universities of Heidelberg and Bremen. We compared the SCIAMACHY OClO SCDs to simultaneous observations from GOME and also to OClO observations made by the AMAYX-DOAS instrument on the DLR-Falcon. In both cases a good agreement was found. However, compared to GOME data the SCIAMACHY OClO SCDs still show a relatively large offset and scatter.

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Measurements of OClO total columns can serve as an indicator of stratospheric chlorine activation. It has been shown in several studies that OClO observations from GOME are well suited to characterise the spatial and temporal evolution of the chlorine activation in both hemispheres. Here we present OClO observations from SCIAMACHY in nadir mode. Since to date no operational OClO products are available we investigated scientific products processed by the Universities of Heidelberg and Bremen. We compared the SCIAMACHY OClO SCDs to simultaneous observations from GOME and also to OClO observations made by the AMAYX-DOAS instrument on the DLR-Falcon. In both cases a good agreement was found. However, compared to GOME data the SCIAMACHY OClO SCDs still show a relatively large offset and scatter.

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Measurements of OClO total columns can serve as an indicator of stratospheric chlorine activation. It has been shown in several studies that OClO observations from GOME are well suited to characterise the spatial and temporal evolution of the chlorine activation in both hemispheres. Here we present OClO observations from SCIAMACHY in nadir mode. Since to date no operational OClO products are available we investigated scientific products processed by the Universities of Heidelberg and Bremen. We compared the SCIAMACHY OClO SCDs to simultaneous observations from GOME and also to OClO observations made by the AMAYX-DOAS instrument on the DLR-Falcon. In both cases a good agreement was found. However, compared to GOME data the SCIAMACHY OClO SCDs still show a relatively large offset and scatter.

Key concepts: SCIAMACHY, Nadir, Environmental science, Offset (computer science), Remote sensing, Meteorology, Atmospheric sciences, Geography

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