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dc.contributor.authorBösch, T.
dc.contributor.authorRozanov, V.
dc.contributor.authorRichter, A.
dc.contributor.authorPeters, E.
dc.contributor.authorRozanov, A.
dc.contributor.authorWittrock, F.
dc.contributor.authorMerlaud, A.
dc.contributor.authorLampel, J.
dc.contributor.authorSchmitt, S.
dc.contributor.authorDe Haij, M.
dc.contributor.authorBerkhout, S.
dc.contributor.authorHenzing, B.
dc.contributor.authorApituley, A.
dc.contributor.authorDen Hoed, M.
dc.contributor.authorVonk, J.
dc.contributor.authorTiefengraber, M.
dc.contributor.authorMüller, M.
dc.contributor.authorBurrows, J.P.
dc.date2018
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-21T13:32:33Z
dc.date.available2018-12-21T13:32:33Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/7158
dc.descriptionWe present a new MAX-DOAS profiling algorithm for aerosols and trace gases, BOREAS, which utilizes an iterative solution method including Tikhonov regularization and the optimal estimation technique. The aerosol profile retrieval is based on a novel approach in which the absorption depth of O4 is directly used in order to retrieve extinction coefficient profiles instead of the commonly used perturbation theory method. The retrieval of trace gases is done with the frequently used optimal estimation method but significant improvements are presented on how to deal with wrongly weighted a priori constraints and for scenarios in which the a priori profile is inaccurate. Performance tests are separated into two parts. First, we address the general sensitivity of the retrieval to the example of synthetic data calculated with the radiative transfer model SCIATRAN. In the second part of the study, we demonstrate BOREAS profiling accuracy by validating the results with the help of ancillary measurements carried out during the CINDI-2 campaign in Cabauw, the Netherlands, in 2016. The synthetic sensitivity tests indicate that the regularization between measurement and a priori constraints is insufficient when knowledge of the true state of the atmosphere is poor. We demonstrate a priori pre-scaling and extensive regularization tests as a tool for the optimization of retrieved profiles. The comparison of retrieval results with in situ, ceilometer, NO2 lidar, sonde and long-path DOAS measurements during the CINDI-2 campaign always shows high correlations with coefficients greater than 0.75. The largest differences can be found in the morning hours, when the planetary boundary layer is not yet fully developed and the concentration of trace gases and aerosol, as a result of a low night-time boundary layer having formed, is focused in a shallow, near-surface layer.
dc.languageeng
dc.titleBOREAS – a new MAX-DOAS profile retrieval algorithm for aerosols and trace gases
dc.typeArticle
dc.subject.frascatiEarth and related Environmental sciences
dc.audienceScientific
dc.source.titleAtmospheric Measurement Techniques
dc.source.volume11
dc.source.issue12
dc.source.page6833-6859
Orfeo.peerreviewedYes
dc.identifier.doi10.5194/amt-11-6833-2018


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