Articles | Volume 24, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-6197-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-6197-2024
Technical note
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28 May 2024
Technical note |  | 28 May 2024

Technical note: Challenges in detecting free tropospheric ozone trends in a sparsely sampled environment

Kai-Lan Chang, Owen R. Cooper, Audrey Gaudel, Irina Petropavlovskikh, Peter Effertz, Gary Morris, and Brian C. McDonald

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A great majority of observational trend studies of free tropospheric ozone use sparsely sampled ozonesonde and aircraft measurements as reference data sets. A ubiquitous assumption is that trends are accurate and reliable so long as long-term records are available. We show that sampling bias due to sparse samples can persistently reduce the trend accuracy, and we highlight the importance of maintaining adequate frequency and continuity of observations.
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