Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II
The goals of the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) II are to determine the spatial distributions of stratospheric aerosols, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, water vapor and cloud occurrence by mapping vertical profiles and calculating monthly averages of each. The SAGE II sensor (a Sun Photometer) was launched into a 57-degree inclination orbit aboard the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) in October 1984. The SAGE II data archived at the Langley Data Center contains Aerosols, NO2, O3, and water vapor profiles.
Disciplines: Aerosols
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SAGE2_AEROSOL_O3_NO2_H2O_BINARY_V7.0
Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) II Version 7.0 Aerosol, O3, NO2 and H2O Profiles in binary format |
Aerosols |
Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180) Vertical Resolution: 1.0 km Altitude |
Temporal Coverage: 1984-10-24 - 2005-08-30 Temporal Resolution: Sunrise/Sunset Event |
SAGE II Mission Publications
Thomason, Larry W.; Knepp, Travis (2023). Quantifying SAGE II (1984–2005) and SAGE III/ISS (2017–2022) observations of smoke in the stratosphere.
Quaglia, Ilaria; Timmreck, Claudia; Niemeier, Ulrike; Visioni, Daniele; Pitari, Giovanni; Brodowsky, Christina; Brühl, Christoph; Dhomse, Sandip S.; Franke, Henning; Laakso, Anton; Mann, Graham W.; Rozanov, Eugene; Sukhodolov, Timofei (2023). Interactive stratospheric aerosol models' response to different amounts and altitudes of SO2 injection during the 1991 Pinatubo eruption.
Petropavlovskikh, Irina; Miyagawa, Koji; McClure-Beegle, Audra; Johnson, Bryan; Wild, Jeannette; Strahan, Susan; Wargan, Krzysztof; Querel, Richard; Flynn, Lawrence; Beach, Eric; Ancellet, Gerard; Godin-Beekmann, Sophie (2022). Optimized Umkehr profile algorithm for ozone trend analyses.
Kremser, Stefanie; Thomason, Larry W.; Bird, Leroy J. (2021). Simplified SAGE II ozone data usage rules.
Kuttippurath, J.; Kumar, P.; Nair, P. J.; Pandey, P. C. (2019). Emergence of ozone recovery evidenced by reduction in the occurrence of Antarctic ozone loss saturation.
Bognar, Kristof; Tegtmeier, Susann; Bourassa, Adam; Roth, Chris; Warnock, Taran; Zawada, Daniel; Degenstein, Doug (2016). Stratospheric ozone trends for 1984–2021 in the SAGE II–OSIRIS–SAGE III/ISS composite dataset.
Michelsen HA, Manney GL, Irion FW, Toon GC, Gunson MR, Rinsland CP, Zander R, Mahieu E, Newchurch MJ, Purcell PN, Remsberg EE, Russell JM, Pumphrey HC, Waters JW, Bevilacqua RM, Kelly KK, Hintsa EJ, Weinstock EM, Chiou E-W, Chu WP, McCormick MP, Webster CR (2002). ATMOS version 3 water vapor measurements: Comparisons with observations from two ER-2 Lyman-alpha hygrometers, MkIV, HALOE, SAGE II, MAS, and MLS. Journal of Geophysical Research, 107 (D3), 4027. https://doi.org/10.1029/2001JD000587
Lehmann P (2000). A study of the morphology of midstratospheric ozone minima using SAGE II data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105 (D13), 17307. https://doi.org/10.1029/2000JD900200
Wang P-H, Kent GS, Powell KA, Yue GK, Poole LR, McCormick PM (2000). Properties of the 1979 SAM II Antarctic 1.0-µm extinction coefficients: Implications of dehydration and seasonal evolution of the Antarctic polar vortex. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105 (D7), 9407. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999JD901123
Randall CE, Bevilacqua RM, Lumpe JD, Hoppel KW, Rusch DW, Shettle EP (2000). Comparison of Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement (POAM) II and Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) II aerosol measurements from 1994 to 1996. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105 (D3), 3929. https://doi.org/10.1029/2000JD900239
Bingen C, Fussen D (2000). Structure and spectral features of the stratospheric aerosol extinction profiles in the UV-visible range derived from SAGE II data,. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105 (D4), 4767. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999JD901109
Kirchner I, Stenchikov GL, Graf H-F., Robock A, Antuna J C (1999). Climate Model Simulation of Winter Warming and Summer Cooling Following the 1991 Mount Pinatubo Volcanic Eruption. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104 (D16), https://doi.org/10.1029/1999JD900213
Fussen D, Bingen C (1999). A volcanism dependent model for the extinction profile of stratospheric aerosols. Geophysical Research Letters, 26 (6), 703. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999GL900082
Stenchikov GL, Kirchner I, Robock A, Graf H-F., Antuna J C, Grainger RG, Lambert A, Thomason L (1998). Radiative forcing from the 1991 Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103 (D12), 13837. https://doi.org/10.1029/98JD00693
Zender CS, Bush B, Pope SK, Bucholtz A, Collins WD, Kiehl JT, Valero FPJ, Vitko J (1997). Atmospheric absorption during ARESE. Journal of Geophysical Research, 102 (D25), https://doi.org/10.1029/97JD01781
Chou M-D, Zhao W (1997). Estimation and model validation of surface solar radiation and cloud radiative forcing using TOGA COARE measurements. Journal of Climate, 10 (4), 610. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<0610:EAMVOS>2.0.CO;2
Qu J(J), Stephens GL (1996). Estimate of the Surface Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) Radiation Using a Two-stream Atmospheric Radiation Transfer Model.