SHADOZ (Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozonesondes) - A Tropical Ozonesonde-Radiosonde Network for the Atmospheric Community.

摘要

A lack of sounding data has limited the accuracy of ozone satellite retrievals in the tropics and our understanding of chemical-dynamical interactions in a region strongly influenced by natural variability and anthropogenic activity. In 1998, NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center, NOMS Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory (CMDL) and a team of international sponsors established the SHADOZ (Southern Hemisphere ADditional OZonesondes) project to address the gap in tropical ozone soundings. SHADOZ augments launches at selected sites and provides a public archive of ozonesonde and radiosonde data from twelve tropical and subtropical stations. Instrumentation, data and a summary of the first scientific findings from SHADOZ are presented.