High resolution GOES Sounder ozone estimates

The Sounder aboard the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite series (GOES-8, GOES-9, GOES-10, GOES-11, and GOES-12) provides data that allows the estimation of total column and profile ozone amounts. Recent work has allowed this work to proceed at the full sensor resolution of 10 km at sub-satellite point as opposed to the previous standard of 30 km. This improved resolution allows for the resolution of fine scale features in the ozone field that may indicate mesoscale airmass exchange related to clear air turbulence and other dynamic processes such as tropopause folds. Fine scale features have been examined to parameterize the quality of the detailed features seen in GOES Sounder ozone imagery. Results from this work apply to applications of GOES Sounder ozone as well as guiding improvements to that algorithm and development of future ozone algorithms for geostationary IR sensors such as the next generation of the GOES Sounder, the Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES), and GOES Imager, the Advanced Baseline Imager.