Table 1.
Instrument | Data version | Start date | End date | H2O vertical resolution (km) | O3 vertical resolution (km) | H2O vertical range | O3 vertical range |
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SAGE II | 7 (O3) 7 (H2O) |
Oct 1984 Jan 1986 |
Aug 2005 Aug 2005 |
1a | 1a | 0.5–50 kmb | 0.5–70 kmb |
UARS HALOE | 19 | Oct 1991 | Nov 2005 | 2 | 2.3 | 316–0.002 hPa | 584–0.0004 hPa |
UARS MLS | 5 (O3) 6 (H2O) |
Oct 1991 (H2O) Sep 1991 (O3) |
Apr 1993 Nov 2005 |
3–4c | 3.5–5d | 100–0.17 hPa | 100–0.22 hPa |
SAGE III | 4 | Feb 2002 | Nov 2005 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5–100 kmb 8–49 kme 384–0.45 hPae |
0.5–100 kmb 1–82 kme 905–0.007 hPae |
Aura MLS | 4.2 | Aug 2004 | present | 2.5–3.5 | 2.5–3.5 | 316–0.002 hPa | 261–0.02 hPa |
FWHM of triangular smoothing applied to balloon data for intercomparisons.
Retrieval grid.
3.5 km FWHM used for UARS MLS WV smoothing.
4 km FWHM used for UARS MLS O3 smoothing.
Range of valid values from raw data, before any screening.