CCI+ Ozone Phase-III
The main goal of this project, funded as part of ESA’s Climate Change Initiative+ program, is to develop and compile global climate data records (Essential Climate Variables – ECVs) from satellite observations of stratospheric and tropospheric ozone including its vertical distribution.
In the framework of this project, methods are developed to generate consistent, multi-decadal data records from time series of European satellite sensors (GOME, SCIAMACHY, OMI, GOME-2, and TROPOMI). These data sets meet high quality standards and are thus suitable for assessing the long-term development of ozone amounts at different spatial scales.
DLR MF-ATP is working on the development of the ozone profile data record GOP-ECV (GOME-type Ozone profile ECV) and the tropical tropospheric ozone data record GTTO-ECV (GOME-type Tropical Tropospheric Ozone ECV) The main focus is on the evaluation of the expected recovery of the stratospheric ozone layer and the influence of climate change on its long-term development. Ozone in the troposphere acts as a greenhouse gas and has a negative impact on air quality. The time series generated within CCI+ Ozone project enable a precise analysis of the highly-variable spatial distribution and the complex interactions of chemical and dynamical processes.
