MLS Research
Observations Needed To Improve Models
Contact Hui Su
Numerical models are the primary tools for weather forecast and climate change predictions. Accurate representation of processes involving water vapor, clouds and atmospheric composition has been a challenging problem in models for years.
Improvements of weather forecast and climate change predictions require extensive evaluation of model simulations by comparison with global satellite observations. The Aura MLS measurements of water vapor, clouds and other tracer gases provide a unique opportunity to evaluate model performance in the upper troposphere (~8-15km altitude) and to improve model parameterizations of key processes such as convection.
MLS-related publications related to model improvement
Ruiz, D. and M. Prather
From the middle stratosphere to the surface, using nitrous oxide to constrain the stratosphere-troposphere exchange of ozone
Werner, F., N. Livesey, L. Millán, W. Read, M. Schwartz, P. Wagner, W. Daffer, A. Lambert, S. Tolstoff and M. Santee
Applying machine learning to improve the near-real-time products of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder
Harvey, V.L., N. Pedatella, E. Becker and C. Randall
Evaluation of Polar Winter Mesopause Wind in WACCMX+DART
Strahan, S., D. Smale, S. Solomon, G. Taha, M. Damon, S. Steenrod, N. Jones, B. Liley, R. Querel and J. Robinson
Unexpected Repartitioning of Stratospheric Inorganic Chlorine After the 2020 Australian Wildfires
Wohltmann, I., D. Kreyling and R. Lehmann
Transport parameterization of the Polar SWIFT model version 2
Ziv, S.Z., C. Garfinkel, S. Davis and A. Banerjee
The roles of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation and El Niño for entry stratospheric water vapor in observations and coupled chemistry–ocean CCMI and CMIP6 models
Aabaribaoune, M.E., E. Emili and V. Guidard
Estimation of the error covariance matrix for IASI radiances and its impact on the assimilation of ozone in a chemistry transport model
Archer‐Nicholls, S., N.L. Abraham, Y.M. Shin, J. Weber, M.R. Russo, D. Lowe, S.R. Utembe, F.M. O'Connor, B. Kerridge, B. Latter, R. Siddans, M. Jenkin, O. Wild and A.T. Archibald
The Common Representative Intermediates Mechanism Version 2 in the United Kingdom Chemistry and Aerosols Model
Bossolasco, A., F. Jegou, P. Sellitto, G. Berthet, C. Kloss and B. Legras
Global modeling studies of composition and decadal trends of the Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer
Dhomse, S., C. Arosio, W. Feng, A. Rozanov, M. Weber and M. Chipperfield
ML-TOMCAT: machine-learning-based satellite-corrected global stratospheric ozone profile data set from a chemical transport model
Dietmüller, S., H. Garny, R. Eichinger and W. Ball
Analysis of recent lower-stratospheric ozone trends in chemistry climate models
Emili, E. and M.E. Aabaribaoune
Impact of Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer IASI thermal infrared measurements on global ozone reanalyses
Emmert, J.T., D.P. Drob, J.M. Picone, D.E. Siskind, M. Jones, M.G. Mlynczak, P.F. Bernath, X. Chu, E. Doornbos, B. Funke, L.P. Goncharenko, M.E. Hervig, M.J. Schwartz, P.E. Sheese, F. Vargas, B.P. Williams and T. Yuan
NRLMSIS 2.0: A Whole‐Atmosphere Empirical Model of Temperature and Neutral Species Densities
Karagodin-Doyennel, A., E. Rozanov, A. Kuchar, W. Ball, P. Arsenovic, E. Remsberg, P. Jöckel, M. Kunze, D. Plummer, A. Stenke, D. Marsh, D. Kinnison and T. Peter
The response of mesospheric H2O and CO to solar irradiance variability in models and observations
Karpowicz, B., W. McCarty and K. Wargan
Investigating the utility of hyperspectral sounders in the 9.6 μm band to improve ozone analyses
Keeble, J., B. Hassler, A. Banerjee, R. Checa-Garcia, G. Chiodo, S. Davis, V. Eyring, P. Griffiths, O. Morgenstern, P. Nowack, G. Zeng, J. Zhang, G. Bodeker, S. Burrows, P. Cameron-Smith, D. Cugnet, C. Danek, M. Deushi, L. Horowitz, A. Kubin, L. Li, G. Lohmann, M. Michou, M. Mills, P. Nabat, D. Olivié, S. Park, O. Seland, J. Stoll, K. Wieners and T. Wu
Evaluating stratospheric ozone and water vapour changes in CMIP6 models from 1850 to 2100
McCormack, J., V.L. Harvey, C. Randall, N. Pedatella, D. Koshin, K. Sato, L. Coy, S. Watanabe, F. Sassi and L. Holt
Intercomparison of middle atmospheric meteorological analyses for the Northern Hemisphere winter 2009–2010
Steiner, M., B. Luo, T. Peter, M. Pitts and A. Stenke
Evaluation of polar stratospheric clouds in the global chemistry–climate model SOCOLv3.1 by comparison with CALIPSO spaceborne lidar measurements
Sukhodolov, T., T. Egorova, A. Stenke, W. Ball, C. Brodowsky, G. Chiodo, A. Feinberg, M. Friedel, A. Karagodin-Doyennel, T. Peter, J. Sedlacek, S. Vattioni and E. Rozanov
Atmosphere–ocean–aerosol–chemistry–climate model SOCOLv4.0: description and evaluation
Winkler, H., T. Yamada, Y. Kasai, U. Berger and J. Notholt
Model simulations of chemical effects of sprites in relation with observed HO2 enhancements over sprite-producing thunderstorms
Archibald, A., F. O&aposConnor, N. Abraham, S. Archer-Nicholls, M. Chipperfield, M. Dalvi, G. Folberth, F. Dennison, S. Dhomse, P. Griffiths, C. Hardacre, A. Hewitt, R. Hill, C. Johnson, J. Keeble, M. Köhler, O. Morgenstern, J. Mulcahy, C. Ordóñez, R. Pope, S. Rumbold, M. Russo, N. Savage, A. Sellar, M. Stringer, S. Turnock, O. Wild and G. Zeng
Description and evaluation of the UKCA stratosphere-troposphere chemistry scheme StratTrop vn 1.0 implemented in UKESM1
Griffith, M., D. Jackson, D. Griffin and C. Budd
Stable extension of the unified model into the mesosphere and lower thermosphere
Inness, A., S. Chabrillat, J. Flemming, V. Huijnen, B. Langenrock, J. Nicolas, I. Polichtchouk and M. Razinger
Exceptionally Low Arctic Stratospheric Ozone in Spring 2020 as Seen in the CAMS Reanalysis
Itahashi, S., R. Mathur, C. Hogrefe and Y. Zhang
Modeling stratospheric intrusion and trans-Pacific transport on tropospheric ozone using hemispheric CMAQ during April 2010 -- Part 1: Model evaluation and air mass characterization for stratosphere-troposphere transport
Koshin, D., K. Sato, K. Miyazaki and S. Watanabe
An ensemble Kalman filter data assimilation system for the whole neutral atmosphere
Kuai, L., K. Bowman, K. Miyazaki, M. Deushi, L. Revell, E. Rozanov, F. Paulot, S. Strode, A. Conley, J. Lamarque, P. Jöckel, D. Plummer, L. Oman, H. Worden, S. Kulawik, D. Paynter, A. Stenke and M. Kunze
Attribution of Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative CCMI ozone radiative flux bias from satellites
Miyazaki, K., K. Bowman, K. Yumimoto, T. Walker and K. Sudo
Evaluation of a multi-model, multi-constituent assimilation framework for tropospheric chemical reanalysis
Orbe, C., D. Rind, J. Jonas, L. Nazarenko, G. Faluvegi, L. Murray, D. Shindell, K. Tsigaridis, T. Zhou, M. Kelley and G. Schmidt
GISS Model E2.2: A Climate Model Optimized for the Middle Atmosphere—2. Validation of Large‐Scale Transport and Evaluation of Climate Response
Orbe, C., K. Wargan, S. Pawson and L. Oman
Mechanisms Linked to Recent Ozone Decreases in the Northern Hemisphere Lower Stratosphere
Simmons, A., C. Soci, J. Nicolas, B. Bell, P. Berrisford, R. Dragani, J. Flemming, L. Haimberger, S. Healy, H. Hersbach, A. Horanyi, A. Inness, J. Munoz-Sabater, R. Radu and D. Schepers
Global stratospheric temperature bias and other stratospheric aspects of ERA5 and ERA5.1
Wang, Z., N. Hase, J. Notholt, B. Dils, M. Saunois, T. Warneke and W. Tian
Diagnosing Mixing Properties in Model Simulations for CH4 in the Stratosphere
Ball, W., J. Alsing, J. Staehelin, S. Davis, L. Froidevaux and T. Peter
Stratospheric ozone trends for 1985–2018: sensitivity to recent large variability
Diniz, F. and R. Todling
Assessing the impact of observations in a multi‐year reanalysis
Emili, E., B. Barret, E.L. Flochmoën and D. Cariolle
Comparison between the assimilation of IASI Level 2 ozone retrievals and Level 1 radiances in a chemical transport model
Errera, Q., S. Chabrillat, Y. Christophe, J. Debosscher, D. Hubert, W. Lahoz, M. Santee, M. Shiotani, S. Skachko, T. von Clarmann and K. Walker
Technical note: Reanalysis of Aura MLS chemical observations
Froidevaux, L., D. Kinnison, R. Wang, J. Anderson and R. Fuller
Evaluation of CESM1 WACCM free-running and specified dynamics atmospheric composition simulations using global multispecies satellite data records
Gettelman, A., M.J. Mills, D.E. Kinnison, R.R. Garcia, A.K. Smith, D.R. Marsh, S. Tilmes, F. Vitt, C.G. Bardeen, J. McInerney, H.L. Liu, S.C. Solomon, L.M. Polvani, L.K. Emmons, J.F. Lamarque, J.H. Richter, A.S. Glanville, J.T. Bacmeister, A.S. Phillips, R.B. Neale, I.R. Simpson, A.K. DuVivier, A. Hodzic and W.J. Randel
The Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model Version 6 WACCM6
Han, Y., W. Tian, M. Chipperfield, J. Zhang, F. Wang, W. Sang, J. Luo, W. Feng, A. Chrysanthou and H. Tian
Attribution of the Hemispheric Asymmetries in Trends of Stratospheric Trace Gases Inferred from Microwave Limb Sounder MLS Measurements
Inness, A., M. Ades, A. Agustí-Panareda, J. Barré, A. Benedictow, A. Blechschmidt, J. Dominguez, R. Engelen, H. Eskes, J. Flemming, V. Huijnen, L. Jones, Z. Kipling, S. Massart, M. Parrington, V. Peuch, M. Razinger, S. Remy, M. Schulz and M. Suttie
The CAMS reanalysis of atmospheric composition
Johansson, S., M. Santee, J. Grooß, M. Höpfner, M. Braun, F. Friedl-Vallon, F. Khosrawi, O. Kirner, E. Kretschmer, H. Oelhaf, J. Orphal, B. Sinnhuber, I. Tritscher, J. Ungermann, K. Walker and W. Woiwode
Unusual chlorine partitioning in the 2015/16 Arctic winter lowermost stratosphere: observations and simulations
Krizan, P., M. Kozubek and J. Lastovicka
Discontinuities in the Ozone Concentration Time Series from MERRA 2 Reanalysis
Larsson, R., B. Lankhaar and P. Eriksson
Updated Zeeman effect splitting coefficients for molecular oxygen in planetary applications
Stanfield, R., H. Su, J. Jiang, S. Freitas, A. Molod, Z. Luo, L. Huang and M. Luo
Convective Entrainment Rates Estimated From Aura CO and CloudSat/CALIPSO Observations and Comparison With GEOS‐5
Wang, X., A. Dessler, M. Schoeberl, W. Yu and T. Wang
Impact of convectively lofted ice on the seasonal cycle of water vapor in the tropical tropopause layer
Cámara, A.D.l., M. Abalos, P. Hitchcock, N. Calvo and R. Garcia
Response of Arctic ozone to sudden stratospheric warmings
Dietmüller, S., R. Eichinger, H. Garny, T. Birner, H. Boenisch, G. Pitari, E. Mancini, D. Visioni, A. Stenke, L. Revell, E. Rozanov, D. Plummer, J. Scinocca, P. Jöckel, L. Oman, M. Deushi, S. Kiyotaka, D. Kinnison, R. Garcia, O. Morgenstern, G. Zeng, K. Stone and R. Schofield
Quantifying the effect of mixing on the mean age of air in CCMVal-2 and CCMI-1 models
Hassler, B., S. Kremser, G. Bodeker, J. Lewis, K. Nesbit, S. Davis, M. Chipperfield, S. Dhomse and M. Dameris
An updated version of a gap-free monthly mean zonal mean ozone database
Hogan, R. and A. Bozzo
A Flexible and Efficient Radiation Scheme for the ECMWF Model
Kulikov, M., A. Nechaev, M. Belikovich, T. Ermakova and A. Feigin
Technical note: Evaluation of the simultaneous measurements of mesospheric OH, HO2, and O3 under a photochemical equilibrium assumption - a statistical approach
Pan, B., Y. Wang, J. Hu, Y. Lin, J.S. Hsieh, T. Logan, X. Feng, J.H. Jiang, Y.L. Yung and R. Zhang
Impacts of Saharan Dust on Atlantic Regional Climate and Implications for Tropical Cyclones
J. Climate 2018