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Comparisons of the v11.1 Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) XCO2 Measurements With GGG2020 TCCON

dc.contributor.authorDas, S.
dc.contributor.authorKiel, M.
dc.contributor.authorLaughner, J.
dc.contributor.authorOsterman, G.
dc.contributor.authorO’Dell, C.W.
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, T.E.
dc.contributor.authorFisher, B.
dc.contributor.authorChevallier, F.
dc.contributor.authorDeutscher, N.M.
dc.contributor.authorDubey, M.K.
dc.contributor.authorFeist, D.G.
dc.contributor.authorGarcia, O.
dc.contributor.authorGriffith, D.W.T.
dc.contributor.authorHase, F.
dc.contributor.authorIraci, L.T.
dc.contributor.authorKivi, R.
dc.contributor.authorMorino, I.
dc.contributor.authorNotholt, J.
dc.contributor.authorOhyama, H.
dc.contributor.authorPollard, D.
dc.contributor.authorRoche, S.
dc.contributor.authorRoehl, C.M.
dc.contributor.authorRousogenous, C.
dc.contributor.authorSha, M.K.
dc.contributor.authorShiomi, K.
dc.contributor.authorStrong, K.
dc.contributor.authorSussmann, R.
dc.contributor.authorTé, Y.
dc.contributor.authorToon, G.
dc.contributor.authorVrekoussis, M.
dc.contributor.authorWang, P.
dc.contributor.authorWarneke, T.
dc.contributor.authorWennberg, P.
dc.contributor.authorChatterjee, A.
dc.contributor.authorPayne, V.H.
dc.contributor.authorWunch, D.
dc.date2025
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-08T06:40:49Z
dc.date.available2025-08-08T06:40:49Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/14131
dc.descriptionThe Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO-2) is NASA's first Earth observation satellite mission dedicated to studying the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide (CO2) on a global scale. The observations of reflected sunlight are inverted in a retrieval algorithm to produce estimates of the dry air mole-fractions of CO2 (XCO2). The OCO-2 Level 2 data release, version 11.1 (v11.1) retrievals from the Atmospheric Carbon Observations from Space (ACOS) algorithm, includes significant improvements in the XCO2 data product compared to older OCO-2 data versions. This work compares the v11.1 XCO2 from OCO-2 against XCO2 estimates collected from a global ground-based network known as the Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON), OCO-2's primary validation source. The OCO-2 project provides a version of the Level 2 data product, called “lite” files that include calibrated and bias-corrected XCO2 values, accessible together with all OCO-2 data products through the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC). This work shows that OCO-2 XCO2 observations made between September 2014 and December 2023, after quality filtering and the application of an averaging kernel correction, agree well with coincident TCCON data for all OCO-2 observational modes of land (nadir, glint, target) and ocean (glint). The aggregated, bias-corrected, and quality-filtered absolute average bias values are less than or equal to 0.20 parts per million (ppm) globally for all OCO-2 observation modes, where the biases do not indicate a statistically significant time dependence. The land nadir/glint mode has the lowest bias value of −0.03 ± 0.85 ppm.
dc.languageeng
dc.titleComparisons of the v11.1 Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) XCO2 Measurements With GGG2020 TCCON
dc.typeArticle
dc.subject.frascatiEarth and related Environmental sciences
dc.audienceScientific
dc.subject.freeremote sensing
dc.subject.freeOrbiting Carbon Observatory-2
dc.subject.freecarbon dioxide
dc.subject.freeTCCON
dc.subject.freevalidation
dc.subject.freespace-based measurements
dc.source.titleEarth and Space Science
dc.source.volume12
dc.source.issue7
dc.source.pagee2024EA003935
Orfeo.peerreviewedYes
dc.identifier.doi10.1029/2024EA003935
dc.identifier.url


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