HALOE measurements are used to retrieve profiles of aerosol extinction at four wavelengths (2.45, 3.40, 3.46, and 5.26 microns) and seven gas mixing ratios (HF, HCl, CH4, NO, NO2, H2O, and O3).  Temperatures are retrieved at altitudes from 35 to 85 km. In the current public data release (V19), temperature, O3, and H2O retrievals are corrupted by interfering PMC extinction.  Improvements beyond V19 have been implemented, including the removal of PMC contamination in temperature, O3, and H2O retrievals,  and the addition of particle extinctions retrieved at 6.26 micron wavelength. Our first reprocessing was Vpmc1.0, and improvements were implemented in a second reprocessing (Vpmc1.1). Cumulative changes from V19 to Vpmc1.1 are described below.

See McHugh et al. [GRL, 2003] for a detailed description of HALOE Vpmc data. 

Figure 1.  Time-height cross-sections of temperature, water vapor, and PMC extinction from 10-year averages of HALOE Vpmc data in northern and southern polar summers.

Figure 2.  Average PMC extinction spectra 10-year averages of HALOE Vpmc data in northern and southern polar summers.

Figure 3.  Comparison of HALOE Vpmc and V19. The plots show average profiles and differences,  for 10 years of measurements, +/- 5 days from 15-July,  at latitudes from 60 to 70 north.  Note that the spurious increases in temperature and water vapor near 83 km in V19 are removed in Vpmc.  Changes in 3.40 micron extinction are due primarilly to reductions in vertical smoothing.