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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1252
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1252
02 May 2024
 | 02 May 2024

Upper Stratospheric Temperature Trends: New Results from OSIRIS

Kimberlee Dube, Susann Tegtmeier, Adam Bourassa, Daniel Zawada, Douglas Degenstein, William Randel, Sean Davis, Michael Schwartz, Nathaniel Livesey, and Anne Smith

Abstract. Temperature trends in the upper stratosphere, particularly above ~45 km are difficult to quantify due to a deficit of long-term observational data in this region. The recent v7.3 upper stratospheric (35–60 km) temperature data product from the Optical Spectrograph and InfraRed Imager System (OSIRIS) includes over 22 years of observations that can be used to estimate temperature trends. The trends in OSIRIS temperatures over 2005–2021 are compared to those from two other satellite limb instruments: SABER and MLS. We find that the upper stratosphere cooled by ~0.5 to 1 K/decade during this period. Results from the three instruments are generally in agreement. By merging the OSIRIS observations with those from channel 3 of the Stratospheric Sounding Unit (SSU), we find that the stratosphere cooled at a rate of approximately -0.6 K/decade between 1979 and 2021 near 45 km, in agreement with earlier results based on SSU and MLS. The similarity between OSIRIS temperature trends and those from other records improves confidence in observed upper stratospheric temperature changes over the last several decades.

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Kimberlee Dube, Susann Tegtmeier, Adam Bourassa, Daniel Zawada, Douglas Degenstein, William Randel, Sean Davis, Michael Schwartz, Nathaniel Livesey, and Anne Smith

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  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-1252', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Jun 2024
  • RC2: 'Reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Aug 2024
  • AC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-1252', Kimberlee Dubé, 12 Sep 2024

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-1252', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Jun 2024
  • RC2: 'Reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Aug 2024
  • AC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-1252', Kimberlee Dubé, 12 Sep 2024
Kimberlee Dube, Susann Tegtmeier, Adam Bourassa, Daniel Zawada, Douglas Degenstein, William Randel, Sean Davis, Michael Schwartz, Nathaniel Livesey, and Anne Smith
Kimberlee Dube, Susann Tegtmeier, Adam Bourassa, Daniel Zawada, Douglas Degenstein, William Randel, Sean Davis, Michael Schwartz, Nathaniel Livesey, and Anne Smith

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Greenhouse gas emissions that warm the troposphere also result in stratospheric cooling. The cooling rate is difficult to quantify above 35 km due to a deficit of long-term observational data in this region. We use satellite observations from several instruments, including a new temperature product from OSIRIS, to show that the upper stratosphere, from 35–60 km, cooled by 0.5 to 1 K/decade over 2005–2021, and by 0.6 K/decade over 1979–2021.