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    CO measurements from the ACE-FTS satellite instrument: Data analysis and validation using ground-based, airborne and spaceborne observations

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    Clerbaux, C.
    George, M.
    Turquety, S.
    Walker, K.A.
    Barret, B.
    Bernath, P.
    Boone, C.
    Borsdorff, T.
    Cammas, J.P.
    Catoire, V.
    Coffey, M.
    Coheur, P.-F.
    Deeter, M.
    De Mazière, M.
    Drummond, J.
    Duchatelet, P.
    Dupuy, E.
    De Zafra, R.
    Eddounia, F.
    Edwards, D.P.
    Emmons, L.
    Funke, B.
    Gille, J.
    Griffith, D.W.T.
    Hannigan, J.
    Hase, F.
    Höpfner, M.
    Jones, N.
    Kagawa, A.
    Kasai, Y.
    Kramer, I.
    Le Flochmoën, E.
    Livesey, N.J.
    López-Puertas, M.
    Luo, M.
    Mahieu, E.
    Murtagh, D.
    Nédélec, P.
    Pazmino, A.
    Pumphrey, H.
    Ricaud, P.
    Rinsland, C.P.
    Robert, C.
    Schneider, M.
    Senten, C.
    Stiller, G.
    Strandberg, A.
    Strong, K.
    Sussmann, R.
    Thouret, V.
    Urban, J.
    Wiacek, A.
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    Discipline
    Earth and related Environmental sciences
    Audience
    Scientific
    Date
    2008
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    The Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) mission was launched in August 2003 to sound the atmosphere by solar occultation. Carbon monoxide (CO), a good tracer of pollution plumes and atmospheric dynamics, is one of the key species provided by the primary instrument, the ACE-Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS). This instrument performs measurements in both the CO 1-0 and 2-0 ro-vibrational bands, from which vertically resolved CO concentration profiles are retrieved, from the mid-troposphere to the thermosphere. This paper presents an updated description of the ACE-FTS version 2.2 CO data product, along with a comprehensive validation of these profiles using available observations (February 2004 to December 2006). We have compared the CO partial columns with ground-based measurements using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and millimeter wave radiometry, and the volume mixing ratio profiles with airborne (both high-altitude balloon flight and airplane) observations. CO satellite observations provided by nadir-looking instruments (MOPITT and TES) as well as limb-viewing remote sensors (MIPAS, SMR and MLS) were also compared with the ACE-FTS CO products. We show that the ACE-FTS measurements provide CO profiles with small retrieval errors (better than 5% from the upper troposphere to 40 km, and better than 10% above). These observations agree well with the correlative measurements, considering the rather loose coincidence criteria in some cases. Based on the validation exercise we assess the following uncertainties to the ACE-FTS measurement data: better than 15% in the upper troposphere (8-12 km), than 30% in the lower stratosphere (12-30 km), and than 25% from 30 to 100 km.
    Citation
    Clerbaux, C.; George, M.; Turquety, S.; Walker, K.A.; Barret, B.; Bernath, P.; Boone, C.; Borsdorff, T.; Cammas, J.P.; Catoire, V.; Coffey, M.; Coheur, P.-F.; Deeter, M.; De Mazière, M.; Drummond, J.; Duchatelet, P.; Dupuy, E.; De Zafra, R.; Eddounia, F.; Edwards, D.P.; Emmons, L.; Funke, B.; Gille, J.; Griffith, D.W.T.; Hannigan, J.; Hase, F.; Höpfner, M.; Jones, N.; Kagawa, A.; Kasai, Y.; Kramer, I.; Le Flochmoën, E.; Livesey, N.J.; López-Puertas, M.; Luo, M.; Mahieu, E.; Murtagh, D.; Nédélec, P.; Pazmino, A.; Pumphrey, H.; Ricaud, P.; Rinsland, C.P.; Robert, C.; Schneider, M.; Senten, C.; Stiller, G.; Strandberg, A.; Strong, K.; Sussmann, R.; Thouret, V.; Urban, J.; Wiacek, A. (2008). CO measurements from the ACE-FTS satellite instrument: Data analysis and validation using ground-based, airborne and spaceborne observations. , Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 8, Issue 9, 2569-2594, DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-2569-2008.
    Identifiers
    uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/4295
    doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-8-2569-2008
    scopus: 2-s2.0-47149092921
    Type
    Article
    Peer-Review
    Yes
    Language
    eng
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