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9.Meeting of the Ozone Research Managers of the Parties to the Vienna Convention, Geneva, 14-16 May 214, Ulf Köhler/DWD page 1

German National Report on Ozone Research and Monitoring

Ulf Köhler - DWDThe 9th Meeting of the Ozone Research Managers of the Parties

to the Vienna Convention

Geneva, 14-16 May 2014

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German contribution to ozone research:

Almost 20 institutes for Ozone -

- Monitoring

- Modelling

- Research & Development

- QA/QC

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German Network for long-term observations of ozone, ozone related trace gases and UV incl. 2 calibration centres with a large variety of instruments

Too many activities to present all, focus only on some higlights

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Results of observationsOzone sondes

Fig. 2: Time and altitude plot of ozone partial pressure from German ozone soundings over Antarctica. Plot by G. König-Langlo, AWI Bremerhaven.

Fig.6: “Arctic 2011 Ozone hole profiles”: Ozone loss profile. Illustration of the vertical profile of the ozone hole at an altitude of around 15 and 25 kilometres. The red curve shows that the ozone loss profile in spring 2011 was largely comparable to the Antarctic ozone holes. Graphic: Markus Rex, Alfred Wegener Institute.

AWI data from Antarctica:Slight improvement can be seen. Ozone holes in the past years have not been as deep as before 2000

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Results of observationsGround based observations

Fig. 10: Observed annual mean total ozone at Hohenpeissenberg, and multiple linear regression analysis of the magnitude of contributing factors. Top: Black: Observations at Hohenpeissenberg (47.8°N, 11°E). Gray: Multiple linear regression result. Red: Ozone variation attributed to Effective Equivalent Stratospheric Chlorine (EESC). Lower graphs: Ozone variation attributed to the QBO (magenta), to the Arctic Oscillation (AO, blue), to enhanced stratospheric aerosol (green), and to the 11-year solar cycle (orange). Plot by W. Steinbrecht, DWD.

Hohenpeissenberg long-term record shows at least the end of the negative trend of TOC since the 90ties.

Expected recovery cannot be finally confirmed yet.

Extreme variability between 2010 – 2013:Very low values in 2011 and 2012 indicate the still existing capability for high ozone deficits

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Fig. 12. Timeseries of annual mean ozone from the GOME/SCIAMACHY/GOME-2 dataset along with the SBUV MOD V8.6 merged ozone and World Ozone and UV Data Center (WOUDC) ground data. Annual means are shown for various latitude bands from NH middle latitudes (30°N-60°N), tropics (25°S-25°N), to SH middle latitudes (30°S-60°S) in the lower three panels. The global mean (60°S-60°N) is shown in the top panel. Indicated in the plots are the expected change in ozone from the effect of the equivalent effective stratospheric chlorine (EESC). Tropical ozone does not show a significant long-term trend with respect to EESC changes, but solar cycle (11 years) variability is evident. The EESC curves indicate a modest (anthropogenic) recovery of ozone of roughly 2-3 DU at middle latitudes in the last ten years. However, year-to-year changes can amount to up to ±15 DU (Plot by M. Weber, IUP Bremen).

Results of observationsSatellite data

Analyses of the satellite data by the Bremen University (IUP) possibly reveals the beginning of a slight recovery of the ozone layer in the Northern Mid-latitudes, but the high variability and the potential for extremely low values can be seen too

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Results of observations

Fig. 9: Total stratosph. Bry from balloon-borne BrO observations (squares) and annual means from ground-based measurements at Harestua (60°N) and Lauder (45°S). The stratospheric data are compared to bromine (ppt) measured at the Earth’s surface, with varying amounts of very short lived Bromine species added (blue lines). By K. Pfeilsticker IUP Heidelberg.

Ozone depleting substances (ODS) are no longer increasing but slowly dropping since 2000:

Montreal Protocol et al. is working!!!

But detection of the expected recovery still needs time and especially the continuation of high-quality long-term ozone observations!!!

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Results of modelling/laboratory research

Fig. 21: New laboratory ozone absorption cross-section shown in the Huggins band. Indicated are also the operational Brewer and Dobson wavelengths. (Plot from Serdyuchenko, IUP

Introduction of new ozone cross sections:Suspension necessary after latest results in laboratory measurements. IUP x-sections provide more consistent data between Dobson and Brewer than the originally recommended Brion-Daumont-Malicet X-sections.Determination of temp.-dep. necessary

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Calibration Centers

WCCOS (World Calibration Center for Ozone Sondes) in Jülich:

1) O3Sonde-DQA (SI2N = SPARC, ICAGOO34, IO3C, NDACC): Homogenization of O3S-records (several JOSIE campaigns since 1996)

2) Implementation SOPs in the O3S-Network(s):GAW Report 201 (Quality Assurance and Quality Control for Ozonesonde Measurements in GAW) published in 2011

3) Collaboration with GRUAN (GCOS Reference Upper-Air Network): Guidelines for deriving uncertainties as operational tool

4) Plans for workshop on O3S-DQA: Homogenization & More… @ Early 2015

5) JOSIE 2015/16 in collaboration with SHADOZ

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Calibration Centers

Situation still stable - retirement of Hans

and Karel in 2014

Primary StandardD083

NOAA, BoulderUSA

Secondary StandardD065

NOAA, BoulderUSA

Regional Standard RA VID064 / D074

MOHp / SOO-HKGermany /Czech Rep.

Regional Standard RA IIID070

Buenos AiresArgentine

Regional Standard RA VD105

MelbourneAustralia

Regional Standard RA Ialmost operational

SAWS, PretoriaSouth Africa

Regional Standard RA IID116

TsukubaJapan

Operational Global Networkapprox. 55 Dobsons reporting

Situation still stable,Bob‘s retirement in 2014!!!

Glen McConville as successor

Head Matt TullyFuture O.K. Future confirmed

Situation stable, still needs techn. support

Situation stable, still needs techn. support

Global Dobson Calibration System

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operational (RA VI): 23 in Antarctica: 2 spare: 1(3) not operat.: 6

in total: 35

standards: 2 transfered: 4 for transfer: 1+5

D035 to South Africa D056 to Uganda

European DobsonNetwork and RDCC

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Summary of the RDCC-E-Activities 1999-2013/4

• Calibr. Regional-Standards: 11 (D064) & 6 (D074) (incl. 4 Langley-Calibr.)

• Calibration Campaigns: 39 (24 MOHp + 7 other locations) (Organization or participation) for 135 Dobsons (27 countries)

76 at MOHp from (22 countries)

• Other campaigns: 2 (Comp. with Satellite-instr. etc.)

• Refurbishment (new electr. etc.): 28 Dobsons

• Relocation: 4 Dobsons + 1, 3 planned

• Training: 21 Stationen (SOO-HK)

• Software: 25 Stationen (SOO-HK)

• Data examination/reeval.: 12 Stationen (SOO-HK)

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Success of the Dobson Calibration System

Improvement of data quality since beginning of regular calibrations (every four years recommended) since the 1980ties

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Success of the Dobson Calibration System

Due to reduction of financial and personnel resources the calibration cycle has been modified from 4 up to 5-6 years:

Results still good

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Success of the Dobson Calibration System

Due to reduction of financial and personnel resources the calibration cycle has officially been modified from 4 up to 5-6 years:

Results still good

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Data Center

The WDC-RSAT (World Data Center for Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, operated by the DLR in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany) is the most recent data center in the WMO-WDC family.

Ozone total column observations from MetOp-A/GOME-2 for 1st of February 2014 (L3 product). WDC-RSAT map viewer is assessable at http://wdc.dlr.de under “Map Viewer”.

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Projects and Collaborations

Too many projects and collaborations to be presented here, so please check the

German National Report

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NEEDS AND RECOMMENDATIONS I

- Continuing high-quality measurements of total ozone and ozone profiles by satellites on the global scale and by ground-based systems incl. UV have to be insured for the next decades. Relocations of Dobsons will improve the network!

- New limb/occultation satellite mission is needed as number of limb satellites will decline. This might cause gaps and results in a loss of satellite date with vertical resolution. Therefore the availability of space-borne infrared limb emission instruments after MIPAS is essential for future ozone research.

- Quality Assurance/Quality Control activities like calibration centres must be supported to maintain the high quality standards of the ground stations especially in times of limited budgets; reduction of Dobson calibration frequency is reasonable to lower costs. The continuation is necessary for satellite validation, ozone monitoring and trend analyses. MoU between DWD and SAWS on RDCC twinning activity is considered!

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NEEDS AND RECOMMENDATIONS II

- The complex coupling of ozone, atmospheric chemistry, transports and climate changes is still not fully understood. Further research is needed to better understand the underlying processes and to improve model predictions of the expected substantial changes in both ozone and temperature distributions of the middle atmosphere.

- In this context, there is a need for better and more consistent long-term temperature data in the stratosphere.

- The current process of final determination and implementation of new ozone cross-section/absorption coefficients should get highest priority to obtain consistency between the various instruments either ground-based or satellite-borne.

The ACSO activities should be fostered, that they come to a successful end as soon as possible!!!

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Rough methods to calibrate and align DobsonsMOHp2014-1 campaign at Hohenpeissenberg

Thanks for your attention