Abstract: High vertical resolution and accuracy of ozone data from satellite-borne limb sounders has made them an invaluable tool in scientific studies of the middle and upper atmosphere. However, it was not until recently that these measurements were successfully incorporated in atmospheric reanalyses: of the major multidecadal reanalyses only ECMWF’s (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts’) ERA (ECMWF Re-Analysis)-Interim/ERA5 and NASA’s MERRA-2 (Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Res…