Simulated UV lidar observations of the springtime Antarctic ozone.

Ground-based UV DIAL lidar observations of the springtime Antarctic ozone were numerically simulated with realistic ozone and aerosol profiles, using an excimer Raman ozone lidar system whose performance is the same as that at Kyushu University. Computed results show that the ozone profiles can be measured when polar stratospheric clouds (PSC) do not exist. When PSC do exist, the profile may also be observed up to the bottom of the stratosphere. However, in this condition simultaneous co-observation with other observation methods is desirable, since the lidar-observed ozone profile is sensitive to the PSC optical properties.