Derivation of Mesospheric Ozone from TIMED/SABER Measurements of the O2 Infrared Atmospheric Band Emission in the Dayglow

F. J. Martin-Torres; M. Mlynczak; J. M. Russell; L. L. Gordley; S. B. Jacobson; B. T. Marshall; E. E. Remsberg; C. J. Mertens

Derivation of Mesospheric Ozone from TIMED/SABER Measurements of the O₂ Infrared Atmospheric Band Emission in the Dayglow

F. J. Martin-Torres, M. Mlynczak, J. M. Russell, L. L. Gordley, S. B. Jacobson, B. T. Marshall, E. E. Remsberg, C. J. Mertens

Geology and Geophysics

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Abstract

The Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometery (SABER) is one of four instruments on NASA's TIMED Mission. SABER is a broad-band limb scanning radiometer that measures infrared emission from atmospheric species between 10 and 280 km tangent point altitude. One of the SABER channels is centered at 1.27 μ m where the O2(a¹∆ _g-- X³σ_g^-) Infrared Atmospheric band emission dominates the atmospheric airglow. In the sunlit mesosphere, direct production of O₂(a¹∆ _g) during solar photolysis of O₃ in the Hartley band is the major source of this O₂ emission and atmospheric ozone abundances between 60 and 90 km can be deduced from the measured O₂(¹∆ _g) volume emission rates using a simple photochemical model. We have inferred the daytime O₃ abundances between 60 and 90 km using SABER measurements taken during the period January 25 2002--January 24 2003. In this paper the derived O₃ concentrations are presented and compared with those obtained from other observations and predictions by photochemical models.

Original language	English
Pages	SA41B-0440
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2003

Keywords

0300 ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE
0310 Airglow and aurora
0317 Chemical kinetic and photochemical properties
0340 Middle atmosphere: composition and chemistry
0933 Remote sensing

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AU - Mlynczak, M.

AU - Russell, J. M.

AU - Gordley, L. L.

AU - Jacobson, S. B.

AU - Marshall, B. T.

AU - Remsberg, E. E.

AU - Mertens, C. J.

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