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@PHDTHESIS{Weigel:4724,
author = {Weigel, Katja},
title = {{I}nfrared limb-emission observations of the upper
troposphere, lower stratosphere with high spatial
resolution},
volume = {4305},
school = {Univ. Wuppertal},
type = {Dr. (Univ.)},
address = {Jülich},
publisher = {Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Zentralbibliothek, Verlag},
reportid = {PreJuSER-4724, Juel-4305},
series = {Berichte des Forschungszentrums Jülich},
pages = {XIV, 107, LXIX p.},
year = {2009},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012; Wuppertal, Univ.,
Diss., 2009},
abstract = {The Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the
Atmosphere - New Frontiers (CRISTA-NF) instrument has
successfully taken part in the African Monsoon
Multidisciplinary Analyses - Stratospheric-Climate Links
with Emphasis on the Upper Troposphere and Lower
Stratosphere (AMMA-SCOUT-O3) measurement campaign in July
and August 2006. Deployed on the high-altitude aircraft
M55-Geophysica radiance measurements in the mid infrared are
taken between about 5 and 21 km altitude with a vertical and
horizontal sampling of up to 250 m and 15 km, respectively.
The Juelich Rapid Spectral Simulation Code (JURASSIC) was
used to retrieve the composition of the atmosphere from the
radiance in the spectral range between about 776 to 868
cm$^{−1}$. A new retrieval setup and improvements of the
forward model used for the retrieval allowed to obtain
temperature, altitude and the volume mixing ratios of water
vapor (H$_{2}$O ), ozone (O$_{3}$), nitric acid (HNO$_{3}$),
peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN), carbon tetrachloride (CCl$_{4}$)
as well as aerosol extinction and a radiometric offset.
Intercomparisons between CRISTA-NF data and in situ
measurements from the Fast in situ Stratospheric Hygrometer
(FISH) and the Fast Ozone Analyzer (FOZAN), respectively,
show a good agreement. The retrieved variables are available
on a grid with 500 m vertical spacing with a vertical
resolution of about 500 m to 3 km below the flight altitude.
Hence, information about different atmospheric trace gases
and temperature are available in the upper troposphere,
lower stratosphere (UTLS) region with a higher spacial
resolution than today’s satellites and a better coverage
than in situ measurements can provide. The simultaneous
observation of trace gases mainly originating from the
troposphere (like H$_{2}$O and PAN) and from the
stratosphere (like O$_{3}$ and HNO$_{3}$ ), respectively,
allows to determine the origin of air masses and detect
mixing. The results for the test flight on 29 of July 2006
are discussed in detail. This flight started in Verona and
went to the south of Italy and back, crossing twice over the
subtropical jet. The CRISTA-NF observations over Italy and
the Mediterranean Sea indicated that a tropopause fold was
located on the northern side of the jet. Tracertracer
correlation between O$_{3}$ and PAN showed the presence of
mixed tropospheric and lowermost stratospheric air at this
fold and around the lapsrate tropopause north of it. The
structures seen in connection with this tropopause fold in
the O$_{3}$ mixing ratios of CRISTA-NF were reproduced by a
Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere (CLaMS)
simulation but were not found in such detail in ECMWF
analysis data. These results emphasize that CRISTA-NF
provides and excellent tool to observe and analyze mesoscale
processes in the UTLS.},
cin = {ICG-1},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB790},
pnm = {Atmosphäre und Klima},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK406},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)11},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/4724},
}