Quantification of the chemical ozone loss in the northern and southern polar vortices using SCIAMACHY limb measurements [Elektronische Ressource] / von Thiranan Sonkaew
Quantification of the chemical ozone loss in thenorthern and southern polar vortices usingSCIAMACHY limb measurementsThiranan SonkaewUniversitat¨ BremenQuantification of the chemical ozone loss in thenorthern and southern polar vortices usingSCIAMACHY limb measurementsVom Fachbereich fur¨ Physik und Elektrotechnikder Universitat¨ Bremenzur Erlangung des akademischen Grades einesDoktor der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.)genehmigte DissertationvonThiranan Sonkaew1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. J. P. Burrows2. Prof. Dr. O. Schrems1. Prufer:¨ Prof. Dr. P. Richter2. Prufer:¨ PD Dr. A. Ladstatter¨ -W.Eingereicht am: 7.12.2009Tag des Promotionskolloquiums: 18.01.2010AbstractThis study deals with the retrieval of stratospheric and lower mesospheric ozone pro-files from satellite observations of limb–scattered solar radiation with SCIAMACHYon the Envisat satellite. The retrieval combines spectral information in the Chappuisand Hartley absorption bands of ozone and employs the SCIATRAN radiative transfermodel. The retrieved ozone profiles are applied into two aspects.First, the sensitivity of the ozone profile retrieval to tropospheric clouds is examinedusing the SCIATRAN radiative transfer model. The considered clouds are verticallyand horizontally homogeneous. An aerosol-free atmosphere and Mie phase functionsfor cloud particles are assumed. Neglecting clouds in the retrieval, the relative errorsof ozone profile retrievals in a cloudy atmosphere are computed.