We compare Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) version 2 (V002) nadir ozone
profiles with ozonesonde profiles from the Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment
Ozonesonde Network Study, the World Ozone and Ultraviolet Data Center, the Global
Monitoring Division of the Earth System Research Laboratory, and the Southern
Hemisphere Additional Ozonesonde archives. Approximately 1600 coincidences spanning
72.5° S–80.3° N from October 2004 to October 2006 are found. The TES averaging kernel …

As a continuation of past TES validation efforts, we compare the latest nadir ozone profiles
(V002) with ozonesonde measurements available from the World Ozone and Ultraviolet
Data Center (WOUDC) and the Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozonesonde (SHADOZ)
archive. The comparisons were carried out by applying the TES averaging kernel and
constraint to the ozonesonde data in order to account for the TES measurement sensitivity
and vertical resolution. We look at seasonal and latitudinal differences in the TES retrievals …