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Arjan van Dijk, Peter den Outer and Harry Slaper One year of OMI, FMI, Helsinki, Finland, June 24-27, 2008. European ground-based UV-measurements used for assessment of OMUVB data quality. Our plan:. Compare the OMUVB product from overpass data with UVB ground measurements
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Arjan van Dijk, Peter den Outer and Harry Slaper One year of OMI, FMI, Helsinki, Finland, June 24-27, 2008 European ground-based UV-measurements used for assessment of OMUVB data quality
Our plan: • Compare the OMUVB product from overpass data with UVB ground measurements • Check for forms of bias (clouds, latitude, etc…) • Use our own AMOUR-model to estimate UVB from OMI ozone and OMI reflectivity • Use these AMOUR UVB estimates to assess possible attributions for the bias in the OMUVB product
Attempts to assess cloud correction Site: Bilthoven Other satellite, our algorithm: “the good old times” OMUVB product Our algorithm on OMI ozone and NEW OMI cloud radiative fraction (overpass) Our algorithm on OMI ozone and OLD OMI reflectivity (gridded)
Latitude dependence of ratio OMUVB/Measured “AMOUR_Local” uses: our algorithm + OMI ozone + new cloud product as if it were CMF from pyranometer + site-info for aerosols and albedo!
Latitude dependence of ratio OMUVB/Measured “AMOUR_Local” shows the potential of OMI products!
Conclusions • For Europe, OMUVB gives overestimates • Overestimation is strongest in very clouded situations • The new “cloud reflection factor” behaves as a pyranometer CMF • OMUVB has a latitude-dependent bias • With site-info for aerosols and albedo, we have shown major improvement of (the bias in) OMI-UVB estimates • Please, resurrect the old-style reflectivity product! • Overpass data (ozone and reflection) and gridded data seem not in agreement
Thank you very much for your kind permission to use the following ground measurements (collected for SCOUT-O3): Finland:Jussi Kaurola, Anders Lindfors (Jokioinen, Sodankyla) Greece: Alkis Bais, Andreas Kazantzidis (Thessaloniki) Czech Republic: Michael Janouch (Hradec Kralove) Germany: Uwe Feister (Lindenberg, Potsdam) Sweden: Weine Josefsson (Norrkoping) Belgium: Didier Gillotay, Hugo de Backer (Ukkel)