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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clim. 2017 Apr 4;30(No 8):2961–2988. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0699.1

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