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Contact: Alyn Lambert

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Recent Results Date: 19 March 2007 N₂O mask data is now available which will allow users to better choose useful Aura MLS N₂O profiles. These masks have been processed for all Level 2 days of Aura MLS v1.5 data and are available at the MLS FTP site: ftp://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/outgoing/n2o_mask The data are available as ASCII text and IDL save file formats. Plots of daily profiles and daily summaries are available here.

MLS-related publications concerning stratospheric long-lived tracers 2008 Froidevaux, L., Y.B. Jiang, A. Lambert, N.J. Livesey, W.G. Read, J.W. Waters, E.V. Browell, J.W. Hair, M.A. Avery, T.J. McGee, L.W. Twigg, G.K. Sumnicht, K.W. Jucks, J.J. Margitan, B. Sen, R.A. Stachnik, G.C. Toon, P.F. Bernath, C.D. Boone, K.A. Walker, M.J. Filipiak, R.S. Harwood, R.A. Fuller, G.L. Manney, M.J. Schwartz, W.H. Daffer, B.J. Drouin, R.E. Cofield, D.T. Cuddy, R.F. Jarnot, B.W. Knosp, V.S. Perun, W.V. Snyder, P.C. Stek, R.P. Thurstans, P.A. Wagner, "Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder stratospheric ozone measurements", vol 113, pgs. D15S20, 2008. Reprint Livesey, N.J., M.J. Filipiak, L. Froidevaux, W.G. Read, A. Lambert, M.L. Santee, J.H. Jiang, H.C. Pumphrey, J.W. Waters, R.E. Cofield, D.T. Cuddy, W.H. Daffer, B.J. Drouin, R.A. Fuller, R.F. Jarnot, Y.B. Jiang, B.W. Knosp, Q.B. Li, V.S. Perun, M.J. Schwartz, W.V. Snyder, P.C. Stek, R.P. Thurstans, P.A. Wagner, M. Avery, E.V. Browell, J-P. Cammas, L.E. Christensen, G.S. Diskin, R-S. Gao, H-J. Jost, M. Loewenstein, J.D. Lopez, P. Nedelec, G.B. Osterman, G.W. Sachse, C.R. Webster, "Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder O3 and CO observations in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere", vol 113, pgs. D15S02, 2008. Reprint Manney, G.L., W.H. Daffer, K.B. Strawbridge, K.A. Walker, C.D. Boone, P.F. Bernath, T. Kerzenmacher, M.J. Schwartz, K. Strong, R.J. Sica, K. Kruger, H.C. Pumphrey, L. Froidevaux, A. Lambert, M.L. Santee, N.J. Livesey, E.E. Remsberg, M.G. Mlynczak, J.R. Russell III, "The High Arctic in Extreme Winters: Vortex, Temperature, and MLS and ACE-FTS Trace Gas Evolution", vol 8, pgs. 505-522, 2008. Reprint Pumphrey, H.C., C. Boone, K.A. Walker, P. Bernath, N.J. Livesey, "The tropical tape recorder observed in HCN", vol 35, pgs. L05801, 2008. Reprint Hegglin, M.I., P.F. Bernath, C.D. Boone, W.H. Daffer, P. Hoor, G.L. Manney, C. Schiller, K. Strong, K.A. Walker, "Validation of ACE-FTS satellite date in the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere (UTLS) using non-coincident measurements", vol 8, pgs. 1483-1499, 2008. Reprint 2007 Manney, G.L., W.H. Daffer, J.M. Zawodny, P.F. Bernath, K.W. Hoppel, K.A. Walker, B.W. Knosp, C. Boone, E.E. Remsberg, M.L. Santee, V. Lynn Harvey, S. Pawson, D.R. Jackson, L. Deaver, C.T. McElroy, C.A. McLinden, J.R. Drummond, H.C. Pumphrey, A. Lambert, M.J. Schwartz, L. Froidevaux, S. McLeod, L.L. Takacs, M.J. Suarez, C.R. Trepte, D.T. Cuddy, N.J. Livesey, R.S. Harwood, J.W. Waters, "Solar Occultation Satellite Data and Derived Meteorological Products: Sampling Issues and Comparisons with Aura MLS", vol 112, pgs. D24S50, 2007. Reprint Jiang, Y.B., L. Froidevaux, A. Lambert, N.J. Livesey, W.G. Read, J.W. Waters, B. Bojkov, T. Leblanc, I.S. McDermid, S. Godin-Beekmann, M.J. Filipiak, R.S. Harwood, R.A. Fuller, W.H. Daffer, B.J. Drouin, R.E. Cofield, D.T. Cuddy, R.F. Jarnot, B.W. Knosp, V.S. Perun, M.J. Schwartz, W.V. Snyder, P.C. Stek, R.P. Thurstans, P.A. Wagner, M. Allaart, S.B. Andersen, G. Bodeker, B. Calpini, H. Claude, G. Coetzee, J. Davies, H. De Backer, H. Dier, M. Fujiwara, B. Johnson, H. Kelder, N.P. Leme, G. Konig-Langlo, E. Kyro, G. Laneve, L.S. Fook, J. Merrill, G. Morris, M. Newchurch, S. Oltmans, M.C. Parrondos, F. Posny, F. Schmidlin, P. Skrivankova, R. Stubi, D. Tarasick, A. Thompson, V. Thouret, P. Viatte, H. Vomel, P. von der Gathen, M. Yela, G. Zablocki, "Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder Ozone by Ozonesonde and Lidar Measurements", vol 112, pgs. D24S34, 2007. Reprint Lambert, A., W.G. Read, N.J. Livesey, M.L. Santee, G.L. Manney, L. Froidevaux, D.L. Wu, M.J. Schwartz, H.C. Pumphrey, C. Jimenez, G.E. Nedoluha, R.E. Cofield, D.T. Cuddy, W.H. Daffer, B.J. Drouin, R.A. Fuller, R.F. Jarnot, B.W. Knosp, H.M. Pickett, V.S. Perun, W.V. Snyder, P.C. Stek, R.P. Thurstans, P.A. Wagner, J.W. Waters, K.W. Jucks, G.C. Toon, R.A. Stachnik, P.F. Bernath, C.D. Boone, K.A. Walker, J. Urban, D. Murtagh, J.W. Elkins, E. Atlas, "Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder middle atmosphere water vapor and nitrous oxide measurements", vol 112, pgs. D24S36, 2007. Reprint Santee, M.L., A. Lambert, W.G. Read, N.J. Livesey, R.E. Cofield, D.T. Cuddy, W.H. Daffer, B.J. Drouin, L. Froidevaux, R.A. Fuller, R.F. Jarnot, B.W. Knosp, G.L. Manney, V.S. Perun, W.V. Snyder, P.C. Stek, R.P. Thurstans, P.A. Wagner, J.W. Waters, G. Muscari, R.L. deZafra, J.E. Dibb, D.W. Fahey, P.J. Popp, T.P. Marcy, K.W. Jucks, G.C. Toon, R.A. Stachnik, P.F. Bernath, C.D. Boone, K.A. Walker, J. Urban, D. Murtagh, "Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder HNO₃ Measurements", vol 112, pgs. D24S40, 2007. Reprint 2006 Oikonomou, E.K., A. O'Neill, "Evaluation of ozone and water vapor fields from the ECMWF reanalysis ERA-40 during 1991-1999 in comparison with UARS satellite and MOZAIC aircraft observations", vol 111, pgs. D14109, 2006. Reprint Pumphrey, H.C., C.J. Jimenez, J.W. Waters, "Measurement of HCN in the middle atmosphere by EOS MLS", vol 33, pgs. L08804, 2006. Reprint 2005 Nassar, R., P.F. Bernath, C.D. Boone, G.L. Manney, S.D. McLeod, C.P. Rinsland, R. Skelton, K.A. Walker, "Stratospheric abundances of water and methane based on ACE-FTS measurements", vol 32, pgs. L15S04, 2005. Reprint Summary Wu, D.L., J.H. Jiang, "Interannual and Seasonal Variations of Diurnal Tide, Gravity Wave, Ozone, and Water Vapor as Observed by MLS during 1991-1994", vol 35, pgs. 1999-2004, 2005. Reprint Summary 2004 Livesey, N.J., M.D. Fromm, J.W. Waters, G.L. Manney, M.L. Santee, W.G. Read, "Enhancements in lower stratospheric CH₃CN observed by UARS MLS fillowing boreal forest fires", vol 109, pgs. D06308, 2004. Reprint Summary Read, W.G., D.L. Wu, J.W. Waters, H.C. Pumphrey, "A New 147-56 hPa Water Vapor Product from the UARS Microwave Limb Sounder", vol 109, pgs. D06111, 2004. Reprint Santee, M.L., G.L. Manney, N.J. Livesey, W.G. Read, "Three-dimensional structure and evolution of stratospheric HNO₃ based on UARS Microwave Limb Sounder measurements", vol 109, pgs. D15306, 2004. Reprint Summary 2002 Kley, D., J.M. Russell, C. Phillips, "SPARC assessment of upper tropospheric and stratospheric water vapour", vol 2, num WMO/ICSU/IOC, pgs. WCRP-113, 2002. Michelsen, H.A., G.L. Manney, F.W. Irion, G.C. Toon, M.R. Gunson, C.P. Rinsland, R. Zander, E. Mahieu, M.J. Newchurch, P.N. Purcell, , J.M. Russell, H.C. Pumphrey, J.W. Waters, R.M. Bevilacqua, K.K. Kelly, E.J. Hintsa, E.M. Weinstock, E-W. Chiou, W.P. Chu, M.P. McCormick, C.R. Webster, "ATMOS Version 3 water vapor measurements: Comparisons with observations from two ER-2 Lyman-alpha hygrometers, MkIV, HALOE, SAGE II, MAS, and MLS", vol 107, num D3, pgs. 4027, 2002. Reprint Summary 2001 Clark, H.L., A. Billingham, R.S. Harwood, H.C. Pumphrey, "Water vapour in the tropical lower stratosphere during the driest phase of the atmospheric 'tape recorder'", vol 106, num D19, pgs. 22,695-22,705, 2001. Reprint Livesey, N.J., J.W. Waters, R. Khosravi, G.P. Brasseur, G.S. Tyndall, W.G. Read, "Stratospheric CH₃CN from the UARS Microwave Limb Sounder", vol 28, pgs. 779-782, 2001. Reprint Pawson, S., L. Takacs, A. Molod, S. Nebuda, M. Chen, W. Read, M. Fiorino, "The Tropical Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere in the GEOS-2 GCM", vol 27, pgs. 1457-1465, 2001. Reprint 2000 Gettleman, A., J.R. Holton, A.R. Douglass, "Simulations of water vapor in the lower stratosphere and upper troposphere", vol 105, num D7, pgs. 9003-9023, 2000. Reprint Kley, D., J.M. Russell, C. Phillips, "SPARC Assessment of Upper Tropospheric and Stratospheric Water Vapor", 2000. Morris, G.A., J.F. Gleason, J. Ziemke, M.R. Schoeberl, "Trajectory Mapping: A tool for validation of trace gas observations", vol 105, num D14, pgs. 17,875-17,894, 2000. Reprint Pan, L.L., E.J. Hintsa, E.M. Stone, E.M. Weinstock, W.J. Randel, "The seasonal cycle of water vapor and saturation mixing ratio in the extratropical lowermost stratosphere", vol 105, num D21, pgs. 26,519-26,530, 2000. Reprint Pumphrey, H.C., H.L. Clark, R.S. Harwood, "Lower stratospheric water vapor measured by UARS MLS", vol 27, pgs. 1691-1694, 2000. Reprint 1999 Mlynczak, M.G., C.J. Mertens, R.R. Garcia, R.W. Portmann, "A Detailed Evaluation of the Stratospheric Heat Budget, 2. Global Radiation Balance and Diabatic Circulations", vol 104, num D6, pgs. 6039-6066, 1999. Reprint , , "Validation of a new prototype water vapour retrieval for UARS MLS", vol 104, num D8, pgs. 9399-9412, 1999. Reprint Randel, W.J., F. Wu, J.M. Russell, J. Waters, "Space-time patterns of trends in stratospheric constituents derived from UARS measurements", vol 104, num D3, pgs. 3711-3727, 1999. Reprint Santee, M.L., G.L. Manney, L. Froidevaux, W.G. Read, J.W. Waters, "Six years of UARS Microwave Limb Sounder HNO₃ observations: Seasonal, interhemispheric, and interannual variations in the lower stratosphere", vol 104, num D7, pgs. 8225-8246, 1999. Reprint 1998 Morrey, M.W., R.S. Harwood, "Interhemispheric differences in stratospheric water vapour during late winter, in version 4 MLS measurements", vol 25, pgs. 147-150, 1998. Reprint Morris, G.A., S.R. Kawa, A.R. Douglass, M.R. Schoeberl, L. Froidevaux, J.W. Waters, "Low ozone pockets explained", vol 103, num D3, pgs. 3599-3610, 1998. Reprint Mote, P.W., T.J. Dunkerton, H.C. Pumphrey, "Sub-seasonal variations in lower stratospheric water vapor", vol 25, pgs. 2445-2448, 1998. Reprint Nair, H., M. Allen, L. Froidevaux, R.W. Zurek, "Localized Rapid Ozone Loss in the Northern Winter Stratosphere: An Analysis of UARS Observations", vol 103, num D1, pgs. 1555-1571, 1998. Reprint , , "Nonlinear retrievals of water vapour from the UARS Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS)", vol 21, pgs. 389-392, 1998. Reprint Pumphrey, H.C., D. Rind, J.M. Russell, J.E. Harries, "A preliminary zonal mean climatology of water vapour in the stratosphere and mesosphere", vol 21, pgs. 1417-1420, 1998. Reprint Randel, W.J., F. Wu, J.M. Russell, A. Roche, J.W. Waters, "Seasonal Cycles and QBO Variations in Stratospheric CH₄ and H₂O Observed in UARS HALOE Data", vol 55, pgs. 163-185, 1998. Reprint Minschwaner, K., R.W. Carver, B.P. Briegleb, A.E. Roche, "Infrared radiative forcing and atmospheric lifetimes of trace species based on observations from UARS", vol 103, num D18, pgs. 23,243-23,253, 1998. Reprint 1997 Nedoluha, G.E., R.M. Bevilacqua, R.M. Gomez, W.B. Waltman, B.C. Hicks, D.L. Thacker, J.M. Russell III, M. Abrams, H.C. Pumphrey, B.J. Connor, "A comparative study of mesospheric water vapor measurements from the ground-based water vapor millimeter-wave spectrometer and space-based instruments", vol 102, num D14, pgs. 16,647-16,661, 1997. Reprint Pumphrey, H.C., R.S. Harwood, "Water Vapour and Ozone in the Mesosphere as measured by UARS MLS", vol 24, pgs. 1399-1402, 1997. Reprint 1996 Kumer, J.B., J.L. Mergenthaler, A.E. Roche, R.W. Nightingale, G.A. Ely, W.G. Uplinger, J.C. Gille, S.T. Massie, P.L. Bailey, M.R. Gunson, M.C. Abrams, G.C. Toon, B. Sen, J. Blavier, R.A. Stachnik, C.R. Webster, R.D. May, D.G. Murcray, F.J. Murcray, A. Goldman, W.A. Traub, K.W. Jucks, D.G. Johnson, "Comparison of correlative data with HNO₃ version 7 from the CLAES instrument deployed on the NASA Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite", vol 101, num D6, pgs. 9621-9656, 1996. Reprint Lahoz, W.A., M.R. Suttie, L. Froidevaux, R.S. Harwood, C.L. Lau, T.A. Lungu, G.E. Peckham, H.C. Pumphrey, W.G. Read, Z. Shippony, R.A. Suttie, J.W. Waters, G.E. Nedoluha, S.J. Oltmans, J.M. Russell, W.A. Traub, "Validation of UARS Microwave Limb Sounder 183 GHz H₂O measurements", vol 101, num D6, pgs. 10,129-10,149, 1996. Reprint Mote, P.W., K.H. Rosenlof, M.E. McIntyre, E.S. Carr, J.R. Holton, J.S. Kinnersley, H.C. Pumphrey, J.M. Russell, J.W. Waters, J.C. Gille, "An atmospheric tape recorder: the imprint of tropical tropopause temperatures on stratospheric water vapor", vol 101, num D2, pgs. 3989-4006, 1996. Reprint 1995 Carr, E.S., R.S. Harwood, P.W. Mote, G.E. Peckham, R.A. Suttie, W.A. Lahoz, A. O'Neill, L. Froidevaux, R.F. Jarnot, W.G. Read, J.W. Waters, R. Swinbank, "Tropical stratospheric water vapor measured by the microwave limb sounder (MLS)", vol 22, pgs. 691-694, 1995. Reprint Limpasuvan, V., C.B. Leovy, "Observations of the two-day wave near the southern summer stratopause", vol 22, pgs. 2385-2388, 1995. Reprint Manney, G.L., L. Froidevaux, J.W. Waters, R.W. Zurek, J.C. Gille, J.B. Kumer, J.L. Mergenthaler, A.E. Roche, , "Formation of low ozone pockets in the middle stratosphere anticyclone during winter", vol 100, num D7, pgs. 13,939-13,950, 1995. Reprint Manney, G.L., R.W. Zurek, W.A. Lahoz, R.S. Harwood, J.B. Kumer, J. Mergenthaler, A.E. Roche, A. O'Neill, R. Swinbank, J.W. Waters, "Lagrangian transport calculations using UARS data. Part I: Passive tracers", vol 52, pgs. 3049-3068, 1995. Reprint Manney, G.L., R.W. Zurek, L. Froidevaux, J.W. Waters, A. O'Neill, R. Swinbank, "Lagrangian transport calculations using UARS data. Part II: Ozone", vol 52, pgs. 3069-3081, 1995. Reprint Morris, G.A., M.R. Schoeberl, L. Sparling, P.A. Newman, L.R. Lait, L.S. Elson, J.W. Waters, A.E. Roche, J.B. Kumer, J.M. Russell, "Trajectory mapping of Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) data", vol 100, num D8, pgs. 16,491-16,505, 1995. Reprint Mote, P.W., K.H. Rosenlof, J.R. Holton, R.S. Harwood, J.W. Waters, "Seasonal variation of water vapour in the tropical lower stratosphere", vol 22, pgs. 1093-1096, 1995. Reprint Randel, W.J., F. Wu, J.M. Russell, J.W. Waters, L. Froidevaux, "Ozone and temperature changes in the stratosphere following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo", vol 100, num D8, pgs. 16,753-16,764, 1995. Reprint Rosenlof, K.H., "Seasonal cycle of the residual mean meridional circulation in the stratosphere", vol 100, num D3, pgs. 5173-5191, 1995. Reprint 1994 Lahoz, W.A., A. O'Neill, E.S. Carr, R.S. Harwood, L. Froidevaux, W.G. Read, J.W. Waters, J.B. Kumer, J.L. Mergenthaler, A.E. Roche, G.E. Peckham, R. Swinbank, "Three-dimensional evolution of water vapour distributions in the northern hemisphere as observed by MLS", vol 51, pgs. 2914-2930, 1994. Reprint Ray, E., J.R. Holton, E.F. Fishbein, L. Froidevaux, J.W. Waters, "The tropical semiannual oscillation in temperature and ozone observed by the MLS", vol 51, pgs. 3045-3052, 1994. Reprint 1993 Harwood, R.S., E.S. Carr, L. Froidevaux, R.F. Jarnot, W.A. Lahoz, C.L. Lau, G.E. Peckham, W.G. Read, P.D. Ricaud, R.A. Suttie, J.W. Waters, "Springtime stratospheric water vapour in the southern hemisphere as measured by MLS", vol 20, pgs. 1235-1238, 1993. Reprint Randel, W.J., J.C. Gille, A.E. Roche, J.B. Kumer, J.L. Mergenthaler, J.W. Waters, E.F. Fishbein, W.A. Lahoz, "Stratospheric transport from the tropics to middle latitudes by planetary-wave mixing", vol 365, pgs. 533-535, 1993. Reprint 1980 Waters, J.W., J.J. Gustincic, P.N. Swanson, A.R. Kerr, "Measurements of upper atmospheric H₂O emission at 183 GHz", 1980.