%0 Journal Article
%T Technical Note: A SAGE-corrected SBUV zonal-mean ozone data set
%A C. A. McLinden
%A S. Tegtmeier
%A V. Fioletov
%J Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) & Discussions (ACPD)
%D 2009
%I Copernicus Publications
%X A stratospheric vertically resolved, monthly, zonal-mean ozone data set based on Satellite Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) and Solar Backscatter UltraViolet (SBUV) data spanning 1979¨C2005 is presented. Drifts in individual SBUV instruments and inter-SBUV biases are corrected using SAGE I and II by calculating differences between coincident SAGE-SBUV measurements. In this way the daily, near-global coverage of SBUV(/2) is combined with the stability and precision of SAGE to provide a homogeneous ozone record suitable for trend analysis. The resultant SAGE-corrected SBUV data set, shows, for example, a more realistic Quasi-Biennial Oscillation signal compared to the one derived from SBUV data alone. Furthermore, this methodology can be used to extend the present data set beyond the lifetime of SAGE II.
%U http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/9/7963/2009/acp-9-7963-2009.pdf