Upper tropospheric and lower stratospheric ozone retrievals from AIRS

摘要

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument has been operating continuously since May 2002, on the EOS Aqua platform. Using cloud-cleared thermal radiance spectra observed in the nadir, global measurements of ozone profiles and column densities have been made twice-daily on a 45 km footprint using the 03 9.6 (mu)m band.