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TOST
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Title
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Trajectory-mapped Ozonesonde dataset for the Stratosphere and Troposphere
(TOST)

Abstract
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The Trajectory-mapped Ozonesonde dataset for the Stratosphere and Troposphere
(TOST) is a global three-dimensional (i.e. latitude, longitude, altitude)
climatology of tropospheric and stratospheric ozone, derived from the WOUDC
global ozone sounding record by trajectory mapping. Approximately 77,000
ozonesonde profiles from some 116 stations worldwide since 1965 were used. To
fill in the spatial domain, 96-hour forward and backward trajectory
calculations were used to map the ozone measurements, at 1-km altitude
intervals, to a number of other locations. Calculations were done with version
4.8 of the HYSPLIT model (Draxler and Hess, 1997; 1998), developed by the NOAA
Air Resources Laboratory (NOAA ARL). The meteorological input for the
trajectory model was the global NOAA-NCEP/NCAR (National Centers for
Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research) pressure
level reanalysis data set.  Several versions are presented: a tropospheric
climatology and a separate stratospheric climatology, for use in dynamic
models which have an independently determined tropopause, and a standard
troposphere-stratosphere climatology which necessarily includes (or implies) a
climatological tropopause.  Both are available in altitude relative to sea
level or to ground level. More details are found in Tarasick et al. (2010);
Liu, G. et al., (2013), Liu, J. et al., (2013), and Osman et al., (2015).

Keywords
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TOST,ozonesonde,trajectories,trajectory-mapped,HYSPLIT,climatology

ISO 19115 Topic Category
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climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

URL
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https://woudc.org/archive/products/ozone/vertical-ozone-profile/ozonesonde/1.0/tost

References
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Draxler, R.R. and G.D. Hess, 1998, An overview of the HYSPLIT_4 modelling system for trajectories, dispersion and deposition, Aust. Met. Mag., 47, 295-308.
Draxler, R.R. and G.D. Hess, 1997, Description of the HYSPLIT_4 modeling system, NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL ARL-224, December, 24p.

Data Use Policy
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By using these data products you acknowledge and accept the terms of the
following WMO-GAW Statement on the "Use of Data":

For Scientific purposes, access to these data is unlimited and provided
without charge. By their use you accept that an offer of co-authorship will be
made through personal contact with the dataset providers where appropriate. In
all cases, an acknowledgement must be made to the dataset providers and to the
data centre when these data are used within a publication.

When using the TOST mapping products please cite as follows:

Liu, G., J.J. Liu, D.W. Tarasick, V.E. Fioletov, J. Liu, J. Jin, O. Moeini, C.E. Sioris and M. Osman (2013), A global tropospheric ozone climatology from trajectory-mapped ozone soundings, Atmos. Chem. Phys. 13, 10659-10675, doi:10.5194/acp-13-10659-2013.
Liu, J., D.W. Tarasick, V.E. Fioletov, C. McLinden T. Zhao, S. Gong, C. Sioris, J. Jin, G. Liu, and O. Moeini (2013), A Global Ozone Climatology from Ozone Soundings via Trajectory Mapping: A Stratospheric Perspective, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 11441-11464, doi:10.5194/acp-13-11441-2013.
Osman, M.,  D.W. Tarasick, J.J. Liu, O. Moeini and C.E. Sioris (2015), A 3D global atmospheric ozone climatology from trajectory-mapped ozone soundings, SAGE and ACE-FTS data, Atmos. Chem. Phys. In preparation.
Tarasick, D.W., J.J. Jin, V.E. Fioletov, G. Liu, A.M. Thompson, S.J. Oltmans, J. Liu, C.E. Sioris, X. Liu, O.R. Cooper, T. Dann and V. Thouret (2010), High-resolution tropospheric ozone fields for INTEX and ARCTAS from IONS ozonesondes, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D20301, doi:10.1029/2009JD012918.

And:

"TOST data and map products were obtained from the World Ozone and
Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre (WOUDC), operated by Environment and Climate
Change Canada, Toronto, Canada"

For further information, contact Dr. David Tarasick
(david.tarasick(at)canada.ca).

Distribution
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The folder entitled tropospheric_climatology contains the folder
TROPOSPHERIC_OZONE_MAPS with plots of

- The mean ozone value at 1-km intervals
- The mean ozone value at 1-km intervals with smoothing to fill in data gaps
- The standard deviation of the mean ozone value
- The standard deviation/mean ratio
- The error of the mean
- Error of the mean/mean
- The error of the mean in percent

The folder entitled TROPOSPHERIC_OZONE_DATA has the corresponding data files
and the folders entitled stratospheric_climatology and
stratosphere_troposphere_climatology have similar data for the stratosphere
and for both stratosphere and troposphere respectively. The folder entitled
tropospheric_column_climatology has plots of tropospheric column ozone as
calculated by integrating the smoothed fields, to the NCEP mean tropopause
height or to the level at which ozone reaches 150 ppbv, whichever comes first.
For more information on the data file format and the plots, there is a readme
file entitled readme_o3_climatology_format.txt.