Optimally combining ozone from Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) and Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) data

Abstract

We show results from joint TES-OMI ozone retrievals for May, 2006. We combine TES and OMI data using both optimal averaging of the individual profile retrieval results from OMI and TES, and by linear updates from the spectral residuals. Combined retrievals from the UV and IR spectral ranges have previously been shown to result in increased tropospheric sensitivity and resolution, and of particular interest, increased sensitivity to the planetary boundary layer. Results are compared to the OMI and TES results, and to near by sondes.