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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2264
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2264
01 Nov 2023
 | 01 Nov 2023
Status: this preprint is open for discussion and under review for Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT).

A multi-decadal time series of upper stratospheric temperature profiles from Odin-OSIRIS limb scattered spectra

Daniel J. Zawada, Kimberlee Robyn Dubé, Taran W. Warnock, Adam Edward Bourassa, Susann Tegtmeier, and Douglas A. Degenstein

Abstract.

A new upper stratospheric (35–60 km) temperature data product has been produced using Optical Spectrograph and InfraRed Imager System (OSIRIS) limb scattered spectra that now spans over 22 years. Temperature is calculated by first estimating the Rayleigh scatter signal, and then integrating hydrostatic balance combined with the ideal gas law. Uncertainties are estimated to be 1–5 K, with a vertical resolution of 3–4 km. Correlative comparisons with the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS) and the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) are consistent with these uncertainty estimates, and generally have no regions of statistically significant drift. The data product has been publicly released as part of the nominal OSIRIS v7.3 processing.

Daniel J. Zawada et al.

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There remain large uncertainties in long term changes of stratospheric atmospheric temperatures. We have produced a more than 20 year time series of satellite-based temperature measurements from the OSIRIS instrument in the upper-middle stratosphere. The dataset is publicly available, and intended to be used to better understand changes in stratospheric temperatures.