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Validation of five years (2003-2007) of SCIAMACHY CO total column measurements using ground-based spectrometer observations

dc.contributor.authorDe Laat, A.T.J.
dc.contributor.authorGloudemans, A.M.S.
dc.contributor.authorSchrijver, H.
dc.contributor.authorAben, I.
dc.contributor.authorNagahama, Y.
dc.contributor.authorSuzuki, K.
dc.contributor.authorMahieu, E.
dc.contributor.authorJones, N.B.
dc.contributor.authorPaton-Walsh, C.
dc.contributor.authorDeutscher, N.M.
dc.contributor.authorGriffith, D.W.T.
dc.contributor.authorDe Mazière, M.
dc.contributor.authorMittermeier, R.L.
dc.contributor.authorFast, H.
dc.contributor.authorNotholt, J.
dc.contributor.authorPalm, M.
dc.contributor.authorHawat, T.
dc.contributor.authorBlumenstock, T.
dc.contributor.authorHase, F.
dc.contributor.authorSchneider, M.
dc.contributor.authorRinsland, C.
dc.contributor.authorDzhola, A.V.
dc.contributor.authorGrechko, E.I.
dc.contributor.authorPoberovskii, A.M.
dc.contributor.authorMakarova, M.V.
dc.contributor.authorMellqvist, J.
dc.contributor.authorStrandberg, A.
dc.contributor.authorSussmann, R.
dc.contributor.authorBorsdorff, T.
dc.contributor.authorRettinger, M.
dc.date2010
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-30T12:01:16Z
dc.date.available2016-03-30T12:01:16Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/3166
dc.descriptionThis 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.
dc.languageeng
dc.titleValidation of five years (2003-2007) of SCIAMACHY CO total column measurements using ground-based spectrometer observations
dc.typeArticle
dc.subject.frascatiEarth and related Environmental sciences
dc.audienceScientific
dc.subject.freeabsorption
dc.subject.freeaccuracy assessment
dc.subject.freealgorithm
dc.subject.freecarbon monoxide
dc.subject.freeemission
dc.subject.freeerror analysis
dc.subject.freelatitude
dc.subject.freemaximum likelihood analysis
dc.subject.freemeasurement method
dc.subject.freeNorthern Hemisphere
dc.subject.freeobservational method
dc.subject.freeSCIAMACHY
dc.subject.freeseasonal variation
dc.subject.freeSouthern Hemisphere
dc.subject.freespatiotemporal analysis
dc.subject.freespectrometer
dc.source.titleAtmospheric Measurement Techniques
dc.source.volume3
dc.source.issue5
dc.source.page1457-1471
Orfeo.peerreviewedYes
dc.identifier.doi10.5194/amt-3-1457-2010
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84862833176


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