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| Titel |
Validation of five years (2003–2007) of SCIAMACHY CO total column measurements using ground-based spectrometer observations |
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A. T. J. Laat, A. M. S. Gloudemans, H. Schrijver, I. Aben, Y. Nagahama, K. Suzuki, E. Mahieu, N. B. Jones, C. Paton-Walsh, N. M. Deutscher, D. W. T. Griffith, M. Mazière, R. L. Mittermeier, H. Fast, J. Notholt, M. Palm, T. Hawat, T. Blumenstock, F. Hase, M. Schneider, C. Rinsland, A. V. Dzhola, E. I. Grechko, A. M. Poberovskii, M. V. Makarova, J. Mellqvist, A. Strandberg, R. Sussmann, T. Borsdorff, M. Rettinger |
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Englisch
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1867-1381
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In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques ; 3, no. 5 ; Nr. 3, no. 5 (2010-10-20), S.1457-1471 |
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250001303
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/amt-3-1457-2010.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
This paper presents a validation study of SCanning Imaging Absorption
spectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY (SCIAMACHY) carbon monoxide (CO)
total column measurements from the Iterative Maximum Likelihood Method
(IMLM) algorithm using ground-based spectrometer observations from twenty
surface stations for the five year time period of 2003–2007.
Overall we find a good agreement between SCIAMACHY and ground-based
observations for both mean values as well as seasonal variations.
For high-latitude Northern Hemisphere stations absolute differences between
SCIAMACHY and ground-based measurements are close to or fall within the
SCIAMACHY CO 2σ precision of 0.2 × 1018 molecules/cm2 (∼10%)
indicating that SCIAMACHY can observe CO
accurately at high Northern Hemisphere latitudes.
For Northern Hemisphere mid-latitude stations the validation is complicated
due to the vicinity of emission sources for almost all stations, leading to
higher ground-based measurements compared to SCIAMACHY CO within its typical
sampling area of 8° × 8°.
Comparisons with Northern Hemisphere mountain stations are hampered by
elevation effects. After accounting for these effects, the validation
provides satisfactory results.
At Southern Hemisphere mid- to high latitudes SCIAMACHY is systematically
lower than the ground-based measurements for 2003 and 2004, but for 2005 and
later years the differences between SCIAMACHY and ground-based measurements
fall within the SCIAMACHY precision. The 2003–2004 bias is consistent with
previously reported results although its origin remains under investigation.
No other systematic spatial or temporal biases could be identified based on
the validation presented in this paper.
Validation results are robust with regard to the choices of the
instrument-noise error filter, sampling area, and time averaging required
for the validation of SCIAMACHY CO total column measurements.
Finally, our results show that the spatial coverage of the ground-based
measurements available for the validation of the 2003–2007 SCIAMACHY CO
columns is sub-optimal for validation purposes, and that the recent and
ongoing expansion of the ground-based network by carefully selecting new
locations may be very beneficial for SCIAMACHY CO and other satellite trace
gas measurements validation efforts. |
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