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CRISTA-NF measurements during the AMMA-SCOUT-O<sub>3</sub> aircraft campaign
K. Weigel
weigel@iup.physik.uni-bremen.de
M. Riese
L. Hoffmann
S. Hoefer
C. Kalicinsky
P. Knieling
F. Olschewski
P. Preusse
F. Stroh
R. Spang
C. M. Volk
Institute of Chemistry & Dynamics of the Geosphere (ICG-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, 42907 Wuppertal, Germany
now at: Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
The Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere – New
Frontiers (CRISTA-NF) instrument successfully participated in the
AMMA-SCOUT-O3 measurement campaign in July and August 2006. The instrument is
mounted on the high-flying Russian research aircraft M55-Geophysica and
measures limb-emissions in the mid-infrared region in the altitude range of
about 6 to 21 km. We present a new retrieval scheme that was developed to
obtain atmospheric temperature and trace gas fields with high vertical
resolution (up to 500 m). Retrieval results are shown for temperature, water
vapor (H<sub>2</sub>O), ozone (O<sub>3</sub>), nitric acid (HNO<sub>3</sub>),
peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN), carbon tetrachloride (CCl<sub>4</sub>), and
aerosol extinction. Comparisons of temperature, O<sub>3</sub>, and H<sub>2</sub>O
observations with corresponding in situ measurements on-board M55-Geophysica
show reasonable agreement. In particular, CRISTA-NF observations in the
vicinity of the aircraft resemble horizontal variations found in the in situ
measurements better than corresponding ECMWF fields.
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