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Validation of ACE-FTS v2.2 measurements of HCl, HF, CCl3F and CCl2F2 using space-, balloon- and ground-based instrument observations
Mahieu, Emmanuel; Duchatelet, Pierre; Demoulin, Philippe et al.
2008In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 8, p. 6199-6221
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Keywords :
validation; atmospheric composition; ACE-FTS instrument; organic chlorine; organic fluorine; inorganic chlorine; inroganic fluorine
Abstract :
[en] Hydrogen chloride (HCl) and hydrogen fluoride (HF) are respectively the main chlorine and fluorine reservoirs in the Earth's stratosphere. Their buildup resulted from the intensive use of man-made halogenated source gases, in particular CFC-11 (CCl3F) and CFC-12 (CCl2F2), during the second half of the 20th century. It is important to continue monitoring the evolution of these source gases and reservoirs, in support of the Montreal Protocol and also indirectly of the Kyoto Protocol. The Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS) is a space-based instrument that has been performing regular solar occultation measurements of over 30 atmospheric gases since early 2004. In this validation paper, the HCl, HF, CFC-11 and CFC-12 version 2.2 profile data products retrieved from ACE-FTS measurements are evaluated. Volume mixing ratio profiles have been compared to observations made from space by MLS and HALOE, and from stratospheric balloons by SPIRALE, FIRS-2 and Mark-IV. Partial columns derived from the ACE-FTS data were also compared to column measurements from ground-based Fourier transform instruments operated at 12 sites. ACE-FTS data recorded from March 2004 to August 2007 have been used for the comparisons. These data are representative of a variety of atmospheric and chemical situations, with sounded air masses extending from the winter vortex to summer sub-tropical conditions. Typically, the ACE-FTS products are available in the 10-50 km altitude range for HCl and HF, and in the 7-20 and 7-25 km ranges for CFC-11 and -12, respectively. For both reservoirs, comparison results indicate an agreement generally better than 5-10% above 20 km altitude, when accounting for the known offset affecting HALOE measurements of HCl and HF. Larger positive differences are however found for comparisons with single profiles from FIRS-2 and SPIRALE. For CFCs, the few coincident measurements available suggest that the differences probably remain within +/-20%.
Disciplines :
Earth sciences & physical geography
Author, co-author :
Mahieu, Emmanuel  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Groupe infra-rouge de phys. atmosph. et solaire (GIRPAS)
Duchatelet, Pierre ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Groupe infra-rouge de phys. atmosph. et solaire (GIRPAS)
Demoulin, Philippe ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Groupe infra-rouge de phys. atmosph. et solaire (GIRPAS)
Walker, Kaley
Dupuy, Eric
Froidevaux, Lucien
Randall, Cora
Catoire, Valéry
Strong, Kimberley
Boone, Christopher D.
Bernath, Peter
Blavier, Jean-François
Blumenstock, Thomas
Coffey, Mike
De Mazière, Martine
Griffith, Dave
Hannigan, Jim
Hase, Franck
Jones, Nicholas
Jucks, Ken
Kagawa, Akiko
Kasai, Yasuko
Mebarki, Y.
Mikuteit, Sabine
Nassar, Ray
Notholt, Justus
Rinsland, Curtis P.
Robert, C.
Schrems, O.
Senten, Cindy
Smale, Dan
Taylor, Jeffrey R.
Tétard, C.
Toon, Geoffrey C.
Warneke, Thorsten
Wood, Stephen W.
Zander, Rodolphe ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Services généraux (Faculté des sciences) > Relations académiques et scientifiques (Sciences)
Servais, Christian ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Groupe infra-rouge de phys. atmosph. et solaire (GIRPAS)
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Language :
English
Title :
Validation of ACE-FTS v2.2 measurements of HCl, HF, CCl3F and CCl2F2 using space-, balloon- and ground-based instrument observations
Publication date :
27 October 2008
Journal title :
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
ISSN :
1680-7316
eISSN :
1680-7324
Publisher :
Copernicus Publications, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
Volume :
8
Pages :
6199-6221
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Commentary :
Copyright Author(s) 2008. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
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