Mesospheric and Upper Stratospheric Temperatures From OMPS‐LP

We report the development of a temperature profile data set from Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite Limb (OMPS-LP) instrument on Suomi NPP satellite. The covers roughly 10 year period 2012 to 2022, temperatures are provided in altitude range between 35 70 km. algorithm uses daytime Rayleigh scattered radiation near 350 nm estimate atmospheric density profiles, which vertically integrated using hydrostatic equation pressure. Temperature profiles then derived ideal gas law. Spectral structures OMPS-LP radiances source systematic errors that limit absolute accuracy ±2 K. However, since do not change significantly over time, relative is better than ±1 Our has been designed supplement global maps produced by assimilation traditional meteorological sensors, including GNSS radio occultation provide high quality up 40–55 show comparisons other co-located datasets validate our product.