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@PHDTHESIS{Hoffmann:51782,
author = {Hoffmann, Lars},
title = {{S}chnelle {S}purengasretrieval für das
{S}atellitenexperiment {E}nvisat {MIPAS}},
volume = {4207},
issn = {0944-2952},
school = {Univ. Wuppertal},
type = {Dr. (Univ.)},
address = {Jülich},
publisher = {Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Zentralbibliothek, Verlag},
reportid = {PreJuSER-51782, Juel-4207},
series = {Berichte des Forschungszentrums Jülich},
pages = {143 p.},
year = {2006},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012; Wuppertal, Univ.,
Diss., 2006},
abstract = {Remote sensing measurements are most important to
understand the complicated dynamical and chemical processes
occurring in the Earth's atmosphere. Only the measurements
made by space-borne experiments can give a continuous and
global overview of the atmospheric state. Most exact and
comprehensive measurements made by such experiments are
necessary to validate and improve atmospheric models which
combine the knowledge on numerous mechanisms in the
atmosphere. Since March 2002 the instrument MIPAS (Michelson
Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding) is
operating aboard Envisat, which is the largest and most
ambitious satellite ever built by the European Space Agency.
MIPAS measures the thermal emissions of atmospheric
constituents like trace gases, aerosols and clouds arising
from the atmospheric limb. Within the retrieval process
geophysical parameters like pressure, temperature, and trace
gas concentrations are derived from these measurements. A
special feature of MIPAS is its high spectral resolution
which allows to gather information on a large number of
atmospheric trace species. The analysis of remote sensing
measurements made by satellite experiments is an extensive
task as time-consuming radiative transfer calculations and
substantial amounts of data are typically involved. Envisat
MIPAS provides 300 megabyte of measurement data during a
single orbit. For future experiments, e. g. the GLORIA
instrument (Global Limb Radiance Imager for the Atmosphere)
recently proposed by the research centers Juelich and
Karlsruhe, the amount of data may even increase by several
orders of magnitude. A very important component in the
analysis of atmospheric remote sensing measurements is the
forward model. It is used to simulate the measurements of an
instrument for a given atmospheric state. The rapid and
flexible forward model JURASSIC (Juelich Rapid Spectral
Simulation Code) was developed as part of this thesis. An
innovative retrieval processor was created based on JURASSIC
that allows for the analysis of current satellite
measurements, as e. g. made by Envisat MIPAS, but is also
suited to be a basic module in the analysis of future
experiments. The description of structure and possible
applications of JURASSIC and the retrieval system are a
principal topic of this thesis. The JURASSIC retrieval
system has been applied to derive the global distribution of
the chlorofluorocarbons CFC-11 and CFC-12 from Envisat MIPAS
measurements. These trace species are not part of the ESA
operational retrieval at all. Scientific retrievals carried
out by other working groups cover only rather limited sets
of CFC-11 and CFC-12 data. Here, in contrast, the full
measurement period from July 2002 to March 2004 is analyzed
comprehensively. This could only be done, since the JURASSIC
retrieval system allows for a very rapid processing of all
these measurements. The derived CFC-11 and CFC-12 data are
compared to external MIPAS retrievals and successfully
validated using independent measurements. Hence, they are
suited for further scientific analysis. Being long-lived
trace species, CFC-11 and CFC-12 are most useful for
dynamical studies in the upper troposphere and lower
stratosphere region. Zonal means and variances of these
species have been analyzed. They are mainly influenced by
the residual mean circulation of the stratosphere and the
activity of planetary waves. MIPAS measurements are most
useful as they allow to study the seasonal behavior of these
processes. In addition, the derived CFC-11 and CFC-12
distributions are ideally suited to investigate strongly
disturbed dynamical situations. An example is the antarctic
major warming in September 2002, which led to a split of the
antarctic polar vortex. Such an event has never been
observed before. CFC-11 and CFC-12 measurements during this
period compare well to simulations made by the atmospheric
model CLaMS (Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere),
which allows to study the processes occurring in such events
in great detail.},
cin = {ICG-I},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB47},
pnm = {Atmosphäre und Klima},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK406},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)11 / PUB:(DE-HGF)3},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/51782},
}