Retrieving daytime mesospheric O3 from OSIRIS

measurements of O2 (a1∆) 

Anqi Li et al.

Chalmers University of Technology

Gothenburg, Sweden

A brief story of ...

Odin components

OS     S

IRI

SMR

Optical Spectralgraph

InfraRed Imaging System

Sub-Millimetre Radiometer

since 2001

IRI in a nutshell

   128 pixels vertically

O2(1Δ) at 1.27 μm

O_2 (^1 \Delta)

Odin-IRI-O2 channel

Observation

N pole

S pole

EQ

EQ

Optimal estimation method

a.k.a.

Bayesian statistical approach

Inversion step 1

Limb radiance -> Volume emission rate

\mathbf{y = F (x)}

Limb

Volume

\mathrm{O}_2(^1\Delta)
\mathrm{O}(^1D)
\mathrm{O}_3
\mathrm{O}_2(^1\Delta)
\mathrm{O}_2(^1\Sigma)
\mathrm{O}_2

Optimal estimation method

a.k.a.

Bayesian statistical approach

Inversion step 2

\mathbf{y = F (x)}
\mathrm{O}_2(^1\Delta)
\mathrm{O}_3

Non-linear

Levenberg-Marquardt method

 Ozone result

Ozone from Odin compare

N pole

S pole

EQ

EQ

Question: 

Why so many negative O3 values ?

\mathrm{O}_2(^1\Delta)
\mathrm{O}_3

Morning sunrise

Odin 6-18h orbit

(Mr. Sloth in Zootopia)

 Equilibrium assumption

>> underestimation of O3

Invalid O3

After a very special treatment on the retrieval scheme ...

COSPAR 2021

By ankiki

COSPAR 2021

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