In this study, the two most recent versions of the ACE-FTS O
To explore the agreement between these data sets, a set of coincidence criteria were employed such that all profiles for comparison had to have been measured within 6 hours and 300 km of each other. If multiple profiles from a comparison instrument were coincident with an ACE-FTS profile, the profile nearest in latitude to the ACE-FTS profile was used. The relative mean differences were calculated using:

where X

where σ
The results of this study are summarized in Figures 1 through 3 below, which show the weighted average of the mean differences (Figure 1), the ACE-FTS relative precision estimates (Figure 2), and weighted average ACE-FTS drift profiles (Figure 3).

Figure 1: Weighted average of the mean differences for comparisons between ACE-FTS and all instruments given in volume mixing ratio units (a), and as a percent difference (b). The dashed lines correspond to ACE-FTS v3.6 and solid lines to v4.1.

Figure 2: The relative precision estimates of ACE-FTS relative to each instrument for v3.6 (a) and v4.1 (b), as well as for comparisons against a multi-instrument mean (c). The former two are in volume mixing ratio units, while the latter is expressed as a percentage.

Figure 3: Weighted average ACE-FTS drift profiles, expressed in volume mixing ratio units per decade (a) and as a percent change per decade (b), for v3.6 (dashed lines) and v4.1 (solid lines). The shaded regions represent the 99% confidence bounds.
Reference
Sheese, P. E., Walker, K. A., Boone, C. D., Bourassa, A. E., Degenstein, D. A., Froidevaux, L., McElroy, C. T., Murtagh, D., Russell III, J. M., and Zou, J.: Assessment of the quality of ACE-FTS stratospheric ozone data, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 1233–1249, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-1233-2022, 2022.