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| Titel |
A simple empirical model estimating atmospheric CO2 background concentrations |
| VerfasserIn |
M. Reuter, M. Buchwitz, O. Schneising, F. Hase, J. Heymann, S. Guerlet, A. J. Cogan, H. Bovensmann, J. P. Burrows |
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| Sprache |
Englisch
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| ISSN |
1867-1381
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In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques ; 5, no. 6 ; Nr. 5, no. 6 (2012-06-14), S.1349-1357 |
| Datensatznummer |
250002969
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/amt-5-1349-2012.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| A simple empirical CO2 model (SECM) is presented to estimate
column-average dry-air mole fractions of atmospheric CO2 (XCO2) as well as mixing ratio profiles.
SECM is based on a simple equation depending on 17 empirical parameters, latitude, and date.
The empirical parameters have been determined by least squares fitting to NOAA's
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) assimilation system CarbonTracker version 2010 (CT2010).
Comparisons with TCCON (total carbon column observing network) FTS (Fourier transform
spectrometer) measurements show that SECM XCO2 agrees quite well with reality.
The synthetic XCO2 values have a standard error of 1.39 ppm and
systematic station-to-station biases of 0.46 ppm.
Typical column averaging kernels of the TCCON FTS, a SCIAMACHY (Scanning Imaging
Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric CHartographY), and two GOSAT (Greenhouse
gases Observing SATellite) XCO2 retrieval algorithms have been used to
assess the smoothing error introduced by using SECM profiles instead of CT2010 profiles as a priori.
The additional smoothing error amounts to 0.17 ppm for a typical SCIAMACHY
averaging kernel and is most times much smaller for the other instruments (e.g. 0.05 ppm
for a typical TCCON FTS averaging kernel).
Therefore, SECM is well suited to provide a priori information for state-of-the-art ground-based (FTS) and satellite-based (GOSAT, SCIAMACHY) XCO2 retrievals.
Other potential applications are: (i) near real-time processing systems (that cannot
make use of models like CT2010 operated in delayed mode), (ii) "CO2 proxy" methods
for XCH4 retrievals (as correction for the XCO2 background), and (iii)
observing system simulation experiments especially for future satellite missions. |
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