Por favor, use este identificador para citar o enlazar este ítem: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11765/1607
Influence of the ozone profile above Madrid (Spain) on Brewer estimation of ozone air mass factor
Título : Influence of the ozone profile above Madrid (Spain) on Brewer estimation of ozone air mass factor
Autor : Antón, ManuelLópez, M.Autor AEMETCosta, Maria JoãoSerrano Pérez, AntonioBortoli, DanieleBañón García, ManuelAutor AEMETVilaplana Guerrero, José ManuelSilva, Ana Maria
Palabras clave : Brewer spectroradiometers; Ozone column; Ozone AMF
Fecha de publicación : 2009
Editor: European Geosciences Union
Citación : Annales Geophysicae. 2009, 27(8), p. 3179-3183
Versión del editor: https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/angeo-27-3179-2009
Resumen : The methodology used by Brewer spectroradiometers to estimate the ozone column is based on differential absorption spectroscopy. This methodology employs the ozone air mass factor (AMF) to derive the total ozone column from the slant path ozone amount. For the calculating the ozone AMF, the Brewer algorithm assumes that the ozone layer is located at a fixed height of 22 km. However, for a real specific site the ozone presents a certain profile, which varies spatially and temporally depending on the latitude, altitude and dynamical conditions of the atmosphere above the site of measurements. In this sense, this work address the reliability of the mentioned assumption and analyses the influence of the ozone profiles measured above Madrid (Spain) in the ozone AMF calculations. The approximated ozone AMF used by the Brewer algorithm is compared with simulations obtained using the libRadtran radiative transfer model code. The results show an excellent agreement between the simulated and the approximated AMF values for solar zenith angle lower than 75°. In addition, the relative differences remain lower than 2% at 85°. These good results are mainly due to the fact that the altitude of the ozone layer assumed constant by the Brewer algorithm for all latitudes notably can be considered representative of the real profile of ozone above Madrid (average value of 21.7±1.8 km). The operational ozone AMF calculations for Brewer instruments are limited, in general, to SZA below 80°. Extending the usable SZA range is especially relevant for Brewer instruments located at high mid-latitudes.
Patrocinador: This work has been partially supported by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion under project CGL2008-05939-C03-02/CLI and by FCT through project PTDC/CTE-ATM/65307/2006.
URI : http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11765/1607
ISSN : 0992-7689
1432-0576
Colecciones: Artículos científicos 2005-2009


Ficheros en este ítem:
  Fichero Descripción Tamaño Formato  
Banon_Influence_AG.pdf
310,38 kBAdobe PDFVista previa
Visualizar/Abrir
Mostrar el registro completo del ítem



Los ítems de Arcimis están protegidos por una Licencia Creative Commons, salvo que se indique lo contrario.

Repositorio Arcimis
Nota Legal Contacto y sugerencias