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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-7503-2026
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-7503-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Evaluation of ozone trends in the mesosphere/lower thermosphere using a new merged dataset of ozone profiles
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Viktoria F. Sofieva
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Edward Malina
ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
Pekka T. Verronen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, University of Oulu, Sodankylä, Finland
Michelle L. Santee
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
Manuel López-Puertas
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, CSIC, Granada, Spain
Bernd Funke
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, CSIC, Granada, Spain
Gabriele Stiller
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Alexandra Laeng
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Kaley A. Walker
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Patrick E. Sheese
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Mark E. Hervig
GATS, Driggs, Idaho, USA
Benjamin T. Marshall
GATS, Hampton, Virginia, USA
Data sets
Merged dataset of ozone profiles in the middle atmosphere (METEOR-O3) M. Szelag and V. F. Sofieva https://doi.org/10.57707/fmi-b2share.jxst3-8h654
Short summary
We present a new global dataset of ozone profiles in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere, created by combining several satellite measurements covering more than three decades. Our results show that ozone is recovering in the stratosphere but decreasing in the mesosphere, with the strongest declines near the mesopause. This dataset provides a valuable resource for investigating long-term changes, improving model performance, and addressing an observational gap in the upper atmosphere.
We present a new global dataset of ozone profiles in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere,...
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