The Stratospheric Water and Ozone Satellite Homogenized (SWOOSH) database: a long-term database for climate studies

Davis, S. M.; Rosenlof, K. H.; Hassler, B.; Hurst, D. F.; Read, W. G.; Vomel, H.; Selkirk, H.; Fujiwara, M.; Damadeo, R.

doi:10.5194/essd-8-461-2016

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The Stratospheric Water and Ozone Satellite Homogenized (SWOOSH) database: a long-term database for climate studies

2016

By Davis, S. M. ; Rosenlof, K. H. ; Hassler, B. ; ...

Source: Earth System Science Data, 8(2), 461-490.

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Earth System Science Data

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Davis, S. M. ; Rosenlof, K. H. ; Hassler, B. ; Hurst, D. F. ; Read, W. G. ; ... More +

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OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; ESRL (Earth System Research Laboratory) ; CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences) ;

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In this paper, we describe the construction of the Stratospheric Water and Ozone Satellite Homogenized (SWOOSH) database, which includes vertically resolved ozone and water vapor data from a subset of the limb profiling satellite instruments operating since the 1980s. The primary SWOOSH products are zonal-mean monthly-mean time series of water vapor and ozone mixing ratio on pressure levels (12 levels per decade from 316 to 1 hPa). The SWOOSH pressure level products are provided on several independent zonal-mean grids (2.5, 5, and 10 degrees), and additional products include two coarse 3-D griddings (30 degrees long x 10 degrees lat, 20 degrees x 5 degrees) as well as a zonal-mean isentropic product. SWOOSH includes both individual satellite source data as well as a merged data product. A key aspect of the merged product is that the source records are homogenized to account for inter-satellite biases and to minimize artificial jumps in the record. We describe the SWOOSH homogenization process, which involves adjusting the satellite data records to a "reference" satellite using coincident observations during time periods of instrument overlap. The reference satellite is chosen based on the best agreement with independent balloon-based sounding measurements, with the goal of producing a long-term data record that is both homogeneous (i.e., with minimal artificial jumps in time) and accurate (i.e., unbiased). This paper details the choice of reference measurements, homogenization, and gridding process involved in the construction of the combined SWOOSH product and also presents the ancillary information stored in SWOOSH that can be used in future studies of water vapor and ozone variability. Furthermore, a discussion of uncertainties in the combined SWOOSH record is presented, and examples of the SWOOSH record are provided to illustrate its use for studies of ozone and water vapor variability on interannual to decadal timescales.

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Earth System Science Data, 8(2), 461-490.

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