Table 5.
Statistical comparisons of the MERRA-2 UT and LS ozone against ozonesonde measurements between 30°N and 60°N. The percent values are relative to ozonesondes averages.
| Bias | Error standard deviation | Correlation | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBUV period | Aura period | SBUV period | Aura period | SBUV period | Aura period | |||||
| [DU] | [%] | [DU] | [%] | [DU] | [%] | [DU] | [%] | |||
| Upper troposphere | 1.22 | 9.5 | −1.77 | −13.6 | 3.15 | 24.5 | 2.74 | 21.1 | 0.81 | 0.9 |
| Lower stratosphere | 3.65 | 3.8 | 1.23 | 1.2 | 10.62 | 11.2 | 8.27 | 8.1 | 0.96 | 0.98 |