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MIPAS reduced spectral resolution UTLS-1 mode measurements of temperature, O<sub>3</sub>, HNO<sub>3</sub>, N<sub>2</sub>O, H<sub>2</sub>O and relative humidity over ice: retrievals and comparison to MLS
S. Chauhan
swarup.chauhan@imk.fzk.de
M. Höpfner
G. P. Stiller
T. von Clarmann
B. Funke
N. Glatthor
U. Grabowski
A. Linden
S. Kellmann
M. Milz
T. Steck
H. Fischer
L. Froidevaux
A. Lambert
M. L. Santee
M. Schwartz
W. G. Read
N. J. Livesey
Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany
Instituto de Astrof{í}sica de Andaluc{í}a CSIC, Granada, Spain
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
now at: Luleå Tekniska Universitet Institutionen för Rymdvetenskap, Kiruna, Sweden
now at: Gymnasium, Neckartenzlingen, Germany
During several periods since 2005 the Michelson Interferometer for Passive
Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) on Envisat has performed observations dedicated
to the region of the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere (UTLS). For the
duration of November/December 2005 global distributions of temperature and
several trace gases from MIPAS UTLS-1 mode measurements have been retrieved
using the IMK/IAA (Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung/Instituto
de Astrofísica de Andalucía) scientific processor. In the UTLS
region a vertical resolution of 2.5 to 3 km has been achieved. The retrieved
temperature, H<sub>2</sub>O, O<sub>3</sub>, HNO<sub>3</sub>, N<sub>2</sub>O, and relative
humidity over ice are intercompared with the Microwave Limb Sounder
(MLS/Aura) v2.2 data. In general, MIPAS and MLS temperatures agree within
±4 K over the whole pressure range of 316–0.68 hPa. Systematic,
latitude-independent differences of −2 to −4 K (MIPAS-MLS) at 121 hPa
are explained by previously observed biases in the MLS v2.2 temperature
retrievals. Temperature differences of −4 K up to 12 K above 10.0 hPa
are present similarly in MIPAS and MLS with respect to ECMWF (European Centre
for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) and are likely due to deficiencies of the
ECMWF analysis data. MIPAS and MLS stratospheric volume mixing ratios (vmr)
of H<sub>2</sub>O agree within ±1 ppmv, with indication of oscillations between
146 and 26 hPa in the MLS dataset. Tropical upper tropospheric values of
relative humidity over ice measured by the two instruments differ by
±20% in the pressure range ~146 to 68 hPa. These differences are
mainly caused by the MLS temperature biases. Ozone mixing ratios agree within
0.5 ppmv (10 to 20%) between 68 and 14 hPa. At pressures smaller than
10 hPa, MIPAS O<sub>3</sub> vmr are higher than MLS by an average of 0.5 ppmv
(10%). General agreement between MIPAS and MLS HNO<sub>3</sub> is within the range
of −1.0 (−10%) to 1.0 ppbv (20%). MIPAS HNO<sub>3</sub> is 1.0 ppbv (10%)
higher compared to MLS in the height range of 46 to 10 hPa over the Northern Hemisphere. Over the tropics at 31.6 hPa MLS shows a low bias of more than
1 ppbv (>50%). In general, MIPAS and MLS N<sub>2</sub>O vmr agree within 20 to
40 ppbv (20 to 40%). Differences in the height range between 100 to 21 hPa
are attributed to a known 20% positive bias in MIPAS N<sub>2</sub>O data.
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