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Parameterization of Ozone Photolysis Frequency in the Lower Troposphere Using Data from Photodiode Array Detector Spectrometers

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Spectroradiometers using photodiode array detectors (PDAs) are increasingly applied for airborne and ground-based atmospheric measurements of spectral actinic flux densities due to their high time resolution (less than one second). However they have limited sensitivity of ultraviolet (UV) radiation for wavelengths less than about 305 nm. This results in uncertainties of ozone photolysis frequencies derived from spectral actinic flux density measurements using PDA spectrometers. To overcome this limitation a parameterization method is introduced which extrapolates the data towards the wavelength range of limited sensitivity of the PDA spectrometers (less than about 305 nm). The parameterization is based on radiative transfer simulations and is valid for measurements in the lower troposphere. The components of the suggested parameterization are the lower threshold wavelength of the PDA spectrometer, the slant ozone column (ratio of the total ozone column and the cosine of the solar zenith angle), and the ambient temperature. Tests of the parameterization with simulated actinic flux density spectra have revealed an uncertainty of the derived ozone photolysis frequency of ±5%. Field comparisons of the parameterization results with independent measurements of the ozone photolysis frequency were within ±10% for solar zenith angles less than 70^∘. Finally the parameterization was applied to airborne measurements to emphasize the advantage of high time resolution of PDA spectrometers to study ozone photolysis frequency fields in inhomogeneous cloud condtitions.

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  1. Leibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research (IfT), Permoserstr. 15, D-04318, Leipzig, Germany

    Evelyn Jäkel & Manfred Wendisch

  2. National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Postbus 1 (pb33), NL-3720, Bilthoven, BA, The Netherlands

    Evelyn Jäkel

  3. Atmospheric Chemistry Division (ACD), National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), 80305, Boulder, Colorado, USA

    Barry L. Lefer

  4. Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, 77204, Houston, Texas, USA

    Barry L. Lefer

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Jäkel, E., Wendisch, M. & Lefer, B.L. Parameterization of Ozone Photolysis Frequency in the Lower Troposphere Using Data from Photodiode Array Detector Spectrometers. J Atmos Chem 54, 67–87 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10874-006-9014-1

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