Validation of ozone and aerosol retrieval methods with UV rotating shadowband spectroradiometer (RSS)

The data from the Rotating Shadownband Spetroradiometer UV-RSS deployed at Table Mountain, Boulder Colorado since June 2003 are used to retrieve ozone column and aerosol Angstrom coefficients in the 300 nm-380 nm range. The retrievals are performed from Langley regressions and from direct normal instantaneous irradiance measurements. The results from retrievals are used to verify assumption on ozone absorption cross-sections and ozone vertical profiles. A comparison between UV-RSS retrievals and those from the collocated instruments like the UV-MFRSR, Dobson, ozone sondes and TOMS-&-OMI is performed.

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