Stratospheric Modelling & Chemical Weather

2024

Eskes, H., Tsikerdekis, A., Ades, M., Alexe, M., Benedictow, A. C., Bennouna, Y., Blake, L., Bouarar, I., Chabrillat, S., Engelen, R., Errera, Q., Flemming, J., Garrigues, S., Griesfeller, J., Huijnen, V., Ili ́c, L., Inness, A., Kapsomenakis, J., Kipling, Z., Langerock, B., Mortier, A., Par- rington, M., Pison, I., Pitkanen, M., Remy, S., Richter, A., Schoenhardt, A., Schulz, M., Thouret, V., Warneke, T., Zerefos, C. and Peuch, V.-H.,
Technical note: Evaluation of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service Cy48R1 upgrade of June 2023, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24(16), pp 9475–9514, 2024.

2023

Sauvageat, E., Hocke, K., Maillard Barras, E., Hou, S., Errera, Q., Haefele, A. and Murk, A.,
Microwave radiometer observations of the ozone diurnal cycle and its short-term variability over Switzerland, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23(13), pp 7321–7345, 2023.

2022

SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP) Final Report.
M. Fujiwara, G.L. Manney, L.J. Gray, and J.S. Wright (Eds.), SPARC Report No. 10, WCRP-17/2020, doi: 10.17874/800dee57d13, 2022.

Heue, K.-P., Loyola, D., Romahn, F., Zimmer, W., Chabrillat, S., Errera, Q., Ziemke, J. and Kra- marova, N.,
Tropospheric ozone retrieval by a combination of TROPOMI/S5P measurements with BASCOE assimilated data, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15(19), pp 5563–5579, 2022.

Laeng, A., von Clarmann, T., Errera, Q., Grabowski, U. and Honomichl, S.,
Satellite data validation: a parametrization of the natural variability of atmospheric mixing ratios, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15(8), pp 2407–2416, 2022.

Minganti, D., Chabrillat, S., Errera, Q., Prignon, M., Kinnison, D. E., Garcia, R. R., et al. (2022).
Evaluation of the N2O rate of change to understand the stratospheric Brewer-Dobson circulation in a Chemistry-Climate Model. J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., 127, e2021JD036390., 2022.

Huijnen, V., Le Sager, P., Köhler, M. O., Carver, G., Rémy, S., Flemming, J., Chabrillat, S., Errera, Q., and van Noije, T.
OpenIFS/AC: atmospheric chemistry and aerosol in OpenIFS 43r3,
Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 6221–6241, doi:10.5194/gmd-15-6221-2022, 2022.

2021

Prignon, M., Chabrillat, S., Friedrich, M., Smale, D., Strahan, S. E., Bernath, P. F., et al.,
Stratospheric fluorine as a tracer of circulation changes: Comparison between infrared remote-sensing observations and simulations with five modern reanalyses. J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., 126, e2021JD034995, 2021.

Errera, Q., Dekemper, E., Baker, N., Debosscher, J., Demoulin, P., Mateshvili, N., Pieroux, D., Vanhellemont, F. and Fussen, D.,
On the capability of the future ALTIUS ultraviolet–visible–near- infrared limb sounder to constrain modelled stratospheric ozone, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14(6), pp 4737–4753, 2021.

Wagner, A., Bennouna, Y., Blechschmidt, A.-M., Brasseur, G., Chabrillat, S., Christophe, Y., Errera, Q., Eskes, H., Flemming, J., Hansen, K. M., Inness, A., Kapsomenakis, J., Langerock, B., Richter, A., Sudarchikova, N., Thouret, V. and Zerefos, C.,
Comprehensive evaluation of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) reanalysis against independent observations: Reactive gases., Elementa: Sci. Anthropocene, 9(1), pp 171, 2021.

Schanz, A., Hocke, K., Kämpfer, N., Chabrillat, S., Inness, A., Palm, M., Notholt, J., Boyd, I., Parrish, A. and Kasai, Y.:
The Diurnal Variation in Stratospheric Ozone from MACC Reanalysis, ERA-Interim, WACCM, and Earth Observation Data: Characteristics and Intercomparison, Atmosphere, 12, 625, doi:10.3390/atmos12050625, 2021.

2020

Inness, A., Chabrillat, S., Flemming, J., Huijnen, V., Langenrock, B., Nicolas, J., Polichtchouk, I. and Razinger, M.:
Exceptionally low Arctic stratospheric ozone in spring 2020 as seen in the CAMS reanalysis, J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., 125, e2020JD033563, doi:10.1029/2020JD033563, 2020.

Minganti, D., Chabrillat, S., Christophe, Y., Errera, Q., Abalos, M., Prignon, M., Kinnison, D. E., and Mahieu, E.:
Climatological impact of the Brewer–Dobson circulation on the N2O budget in WACCM, a chemical reanalysis and a CTM driven by four dynamical reanalyses, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 12609–12631, doi:10.5194/acp-20-12609-2020, 2020.

Ménard, R., Chabrillat, S., Robichaud, A., de Grandpré, J., Charron, M., Rochon, Y., Batchelor, R., Kallaur, A., Reszka, M., and Kaminski, J.W.:
Coupled Stratospheric Chemistry–Meteorology Data Assimilation. Part I: Physical Background and Coupled Modeling Aspects. Atmosphere, 11, doi:10.3390/atmos11020150, 2020.

2019

Ménard, R., Gauthier, P., Rochon, Y., Robichaud, A., de Grandpré, J., Yang, Y., Charette, C., and Chabrillat, S.:
Coupled Stratospheric Chemistry-Meteorology Data Assimilation. Part II: Weak and Strong Coupling. Atmosphere, 10, doi:10.3390/atmos10120798, 2019.

Wespes, C., Hurtmans, D., Chabrillat, S., Ronsmans, G., Clerbaux, C., and Coheur, P.-F.:
Is the recovery of stratospheric O3 speeding up in the Southern Hemisphere? An evaluation from the first IASI decadal record (2008–2017). Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 14031-14056, doi:10.5194/acp-19-14031-2019, 2019.

Fussen, D., Baker, N., Debosscher, J., Dekemper, E., Demoulin, P., Errera, Q., Franssens, G., Mateshvili, N., Pereira, N., Pieroux, D. and Vanhellemont, F., The ALTIUS atmospheric limb sounder, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transf., 238, pp 106542, 2019.

Prignon, M., Chabrillat, S., Minganti, D., O'Doherty, S., Servais, C., Stiller, G., Toon, G. C., Vollmer, M. K., and Mahieu, E.: Improved FTIR retrieval strategy for HCFC-22 (CHClF2), comparisons with in situ and satellite datasets with the support of models, and determination of its long-term trend above Jungfraujoch, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 12309-12324, 2019.

Errera, Q., Chabrillat, S., Christophe, Y., Debosscher, J., Hubert, D., Lahoz, W., Santee, M. L., Shiotani, M., Skachko, S., von Clarmann, T., and Walker, K.:
Technical note: Reanalysis of Aura MLS Chemical Observations.
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 13647-13679, doi:10.5194/acp-19-13647-2019, 2019.

Huijnen, V., Pozzer, A., Arteta, J., Brasseur, G., Bouarar, I., Chabrillat, S., Christophe, Y., Doumbia, T., Flemming, J., Guth, J., Josse, B., Karydis, V. A., Marécal, V., and Pelletier, S.:
Quantifying uncertainties due to chemistry modelling – evaluation of tropospheric composition simulations in the CAMS model (cycle 43R1). Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 1725-1752, doi:10.5194/gmd-12-1725-2019, 2019.

2018

Chabrillat, S., Vigouroux, C., Christophe, Y., Engel, A., Errera, Q., Minganti, D., Monge-Sanz, B. M., Segers, A., and Mahieu, E.:
Comparison of mean age of air in five reanalyses using the BASCOE transport modelAtmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 14715-14735, doi:10.5194/acp-18-14715-2018, 2018.

2017

Fujiwara, M., Wright, J. S., Manney, G. L., Gray, L. J., Anstey, J., Birner, T., Davis, S., Gerber, E. P., Harvey, V. L., Hegglin, M. I., Homeyer, C. R., Knox, J. A., Krüger, K., Lambert, A., Long, C. S., Martineau, P., Molod, A., Monge-Sanz, B. M., Santee, M. L., Tegtmeier, S., Chabrillat, S., Tan, D. G. H., Jackson, D. R., Polavarapu, S., Compo, G. P., Dragani, R., Ebisuzaki, W., Harada, Y., Kobayashi, C., McCarty, W., Onogi, K., Pawson, S., Simmons, A., Wargan, K., Whitaker, J. S., and Zou, C.-Z.:
Introduction to the SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP) and overview of the reanalysis systems. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 1417-1452, doi:10.5194/acp-17-1417-2017, 2017.

2016

Errera, Q., Ceccherini, S., Christophe, Y., Chabrillat, S., Hegglin, M. I., Lambert, A., Ménard, R., Raspollini, P., Skachko, S., van Weele, M., and Walker, K. A.:
Harmonisation and diagnostics of MIPAS ESA CH4 and N2O profiles using data assimilation, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 5895-5909, doi:10.5194/amt-9-5895-2016, 2016.

Huijnen, V., Flemming, J., Chabrillat, S., Errera, Q., Christophe, Y., Blechschmidt, A.-M., Richter, A., and Eskes, H.:
C-IFS-CB05-BASCOE: stratospheric chemistry in the Integrated Forecasting System of ECMWF, Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 3071-3091, doi:10.5194/gmd-9-3071-2016, 2016.

Skachko, S., Ménard, R., Errera, Q., Christophe, Y., and Chabrillat, S.: EnKF and 4D-Var data assimilation with chemical transport model BASCOE (version 05.06), Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 2893-2908, doi:10.5194/gmd-9-2893-2016, 2016.

2015

Lefever, K., van der A, R., Baier, F., Christophe, Y., Errera, Q., Eskes, H., Flemming, J., Inness, A., Jones, L., Lambert, J.-C., Langerock, B., Schultz, M. G., Stein, O., Wagner, A., and Chabrillat, S.:
Copernicus stratospheric ozone service, 2009–2012: validation, system intercomparison and roles of input data sets, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 2269-2293, doi:10.5194/acp-15-2269-2015, 2015.

Eskes, H., Huijnen, V., Arola, A., Benedictow, A., Blechschmidt, A.-M., Botek, E., Boucher, O., Bouarar, I., Chabrillat, S., Cuevas, E., Engelen, R., Flentje, H., Gaudel, A., Griesfeller, J., Jones, L., Kapsomenakis, J., Katragkou, E., Kinne, S., Langerock, B., Razinger, M., Richter, A., Schultz, M., Schulz, M., Sudarchikova, N., Thouret, V., Vrekoussis, M., Wagner, A., and Zerefos, C.:
Validation of reactive gases and aerosols in the MACC global analysis and forecast system. Geosci. Model Dev., 8, 3523-3543, doi:10.5194/gmd-8-3523-2015, 2015.

Inness, A., Blechschmidt, A.-M., Bouarar, I., Chabrillat, S., Crepulja, M., Engelen, R. J., Eskes, H., Flemming, J., Gaudel, A., Hendrick, F., Huijnen, V., Jones, L., Kapsomenakis, J., Katragkou, E., Keppens, A., Langerock, B., de Mazière, M., Melas, D., Parrington, M., Peuch, V. H., Razinger, M., Richter, A., Schultz, M. G., Suttie, M., Thouret, V., Vrekoussis, M., Wagner, A., and Zerefos, C.:
Data assimilation of satellite-retrieved ozone, carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide with ECMWF's Composition-IFS. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 5275-5303, doi:10.5194/acp-15-5275-2015, 2015.

2014

Skachko, S., Errera, Q., Ménard, R., Christophe, Y., and Chabrillat, S.: Comparison of the ensemble Kalman filter and 4D-Var assimilation methods using a stratospheric tracer transport model, Geosci. Model Dev., 7, 1451-1465, doi:10.5194/gmd-7-1451-2014, 2014.

2013

Inness, A., Baier, F., Benedetti, A., Bouarar, I., Chabrillat, S., Clark, H., Clerbaux, C., Coheur, P., Engelen, R. J., Errera, Q., Flemming, J., George, M., Granier, C., Hadji-Lazaro, J., Huijnen, V., Hurtmans, D., Jones, L., Kaiser, J. W., Kapsomenakis, J., Lefever, K., Leitão, J., Razinger, M., Richter, A., Schultz, M. G., Simmons, A. J., Suttie, M., Stein, O., Thépaut, J.-N., Thouret, V., Vrekoussis, M., Zerefos, C., and the MACC team, The MACC reanalysis: an 8 yr data set of atmospheric composition, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 4073-4109, doi:10.5194/acp-13-4073-2013, 2013.

2012

Errera, Q. and Ménard, R.:
Technical Note: Spectral representation of spatial correlations in variational assimilation with grid point models and application to the Belgian Assimilation System for Chemical Observations (BASCOE), Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 10015-10031, doi:10.5194/acp-12-10015-2012, 2012.

Muncaster, R., Bourqui, M. S., Chabrillat, S., Viscardy, S., Melo, S., and Charbonneau, P.,
A simple framework for modelling the photochemical response to solar spectral irradiance variability in the stratosphere, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12, 7707-7724, 2012.

2011

Lindenmaier, R., K. Strong, R. L. Batchelor, P. Bernath, S. H. Chabrillat, M. Chipperfield, W. H. Daffer, J. R. Drummond, W. Feng, A. I. Jonsson, F. Kolonjari, G. L. Manney, C. A. McLinden, R. Ménard, and Walker, K. A.:
A study of the Arctic NOy budget above Eureka, Canada. J. Geophys. Res., 116, D23302, doi:10.1029/2011JD016207, 2011.

Theys, N., Van Roozendael, M., Hendrick, F., Yang, X., De Smedt, I., Richter, A., Begoin, M., Errera, Q., Johnston, P. V., Kreher, K. and De Mazière, M., Global observations of tropospheric BrO columns using GOME-2 satellite data, Atmos. Chem. Phys. 11, 1791-1811, 2011.

Lahoz, W. A., Errera, Q., Viscardy, S., and Manney G. L., The 2009 stratospheric major warming described from synergistic use of BASCOE water vapour analyses and MLS observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys.11, 4689-4703, 2011.

2010

Robichaud, A., Ménard, R., Chabrillat, S., de Grandpré, J., Rochon, Y. J., Yang, Y. and Charette, C.:
Impact of energetic particle precipitation on stratospheric polar constituents: an assessment using monitoring and assimilation of operational MIPAS data. Atmos. Chem. Phys, 10, 1739-1757, doi:10.5194/acp-10-1739-2010, 2010.

Viscardy, S., Errera, Q., Christophe, Y., Chabrillat, S., and Lambert, J.-C., Evaluation of ozone analyses from UARS MLS assimilation by BASCOE between 1992 and 1997, JSTARS3, 190-202, 2010.

2009

Theys, N., Van Roozendael, M., Errera, Q., Hendrick, F., Daerden, F., Chabrillat, S., Dorf, M., Pfeilsticker, K., Rozanov, A., Lotz, W., Burrows, J. P., Lambert, J.-C., Goutail, F., Roscoe, H. K. and De Mazière, M.:
A global stratospheric bromine monoxide climatology based on the BASCOE chemical transport model. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 831-848, doi: 10.5194/acp-9-831-2009, 2009.

Dupuy, E., Walker, K. A., Kar, J., Boone, C. D., McElroy, C. T., Bernath, P. F., Drummond, J. R., Skelton, R., McLeod, S. D., Hughes, R. C., Nowlan, C. R., Dufour, D. G., Zou, J., Nichitiu, F., Strong, K., Baron, P., Bevilacqua, R. M., Blumenstock, T., Bodeker, G. E., Borsdorff, T., Bourassa, A. E., Bovensmann, H., Boyd, I. S., Bracher, A., Brogniez, C., Burrows, J. P., Catoire, V., Ceccherini, S., Chabrillat, S., et al.:
Validation of ozone measurements from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE). Atmos. Chem. Phys, 9, 287-343, doi:10.5194/acp-9-287-2009, 2009.

de Grandpré J., Ménard R., Rochon Y., Charette C., Chabrillat S. and Robichaud, A.:
Radiative impact of ozone on temperature predictability in a coupled chemistry-dynamics data assimilation system. Monthly Weather Review, 137, 679-692, doi:10.1175/2008MWR2572.1, 2009.

Thornton, H. E., Jackson, D. R., Bekki, S., Bormann, N., Errera, Q., Geer, A. J., Lahoz, W. L., and Rhalmili, S.,
The ASSET intercomparison of stratosphere and lower mesosphere humidity analyses, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9 995-116, 2009.

2008

Errera, Q., Daerden, F., Chabrillat, S., Lambert, J. C., Lahoz, W. A., Viscardy, S., Bonjean, S., and Fonteyn, D.,
4D-Var Assimilation of MIPAS chemical observations: ozone and nitrogen dioxide analyses, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 6169-6187, 2008.

2007

Errera, Q., Bonjean, S., Chabrillat, S., Daerden, F., and Viscardy, S., BASCOE assimilation of ozone and nitrogen dioxide observed by MIPAS and GOMOS: Comparison between the two sets of analyses, in ESA Special Publication SP-636: Proceedings of Envisat Symposium 2007, 2007.

Daerden, F., Larsen, N., Chabrillat, S., Errera, Q., Bonjean, S., Fonteyn, D., Hoppel, K., and Fromm, M., A 3D-CTM with detailed online PSC-microphysics: analysis of the Antarctic winter by comparison with satellite observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 1755-1772, 2007.

Sioris, C., Chabrillat, S., McLinden, C., Haley, C., Rochon, Y. J., Ménard, R., Charron, M. and McElroy, C.:
OSIRIS observations of a tongue of NOx in the lower stratosphere at the Antarctic vortex edge: comparison with a high resolution simulation from the Global Environmental Multiscale (GEM) model. Canadian Journal of Physics, 85, 1195–1207, 2007.

Vigouroux, C., de Mazière, M., Errera, Q., Chabrillat, S., Mahieu, E., Duchatelet, P., Wood, S., Smale, D., Mikuteit, S., Blumenstock, T., Hase, F., and Jones, N., Comparisons between ground-based FTIR and MIPAS N2O and HNO3 profiles before and after assimilation in BASCOE, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 377-396, 2007.

2006 and earlier

Fussen F., F. Vanhellemont, J. Dodion, C. Bingen, N. Mateshvili, F. Daerden, D. Fonteyn, Q. Errera, S. Chabrillat, E. Kyrölä, J. Tamminen, V. Sofieva, A. Hauchecorne, F. Dalaudier, J.-L. Bertaux, J.-B. Renard, R. Fraisse, O. Fanton d’Andon, G. Barrot, M. Guirlet, A. Mangin, T. Fehr, P. Snoeij and L. Saavedra:
A global OClO stratospheric layer discovered in GOMOS stellar occultation measurements. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L13815, doi:10.1029/2006GL026406, 2006.

Hocke K., N. Kämpfer, D. G. Feist, Y. Calisesi, J. H. Jiang and S. Chabrillat:
Temporal variance of lower mesospheric ozone over Switzerland during winter 2000/2001. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, doi:10.1029/2005GL025496, 2006.

Geer, A. J., Lahoz, W. A., Bekki, S., Bormann, N., Errera, Q., Eskes, H. J., Fonteyn, D., Jackson, D. R., Juckes, M. N., Massart, S., Peuch, V.-H., Rharmili, S., and Segers, A.,
The ASSET intercomparison of ozone analyses: method and first results, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 5445-5474, 2006.

Khosravi, R., G. Brasseur, A. Smith, D. Rusch, S. Walters, S. Chabrillat and G. Kockarts:
Response of the mesosphere to human perturbations and solar variability calculated by a 2-D model. J. Geophys. Res., 107, D18, doi:10.1029/2001JD001235, 2002.

Errera, Q. and Fonteyn, D.,
Four-dimensional variational chemical assimilation of CRISTA stratospheric measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 12,253-12, 265, 2001.

Fussen, F., F. Vanhellemont, C. Bingen and S. Chabrillat:
Ozone profiles from 30 to 110 km measured by the Occultation RAdiometer instrument during the period Aug 1992-Apr 1993. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 21, pp. 3449-3452, doi:10.1029/2000GL011575, 2000.

Brasseur, G., A. Smith, R. Khosravi, T. Huang, S. Walters, S. Chabrillat and G. Kockarts:
Natural and human-induced perturbations in the middle atmosphere: A short tutorial. In Atmospheric Science Across the Stratopause, pages 7-20. AGU Geophys. Monograph, volume 123, doi:10.1029/GM123p0007, 2000.