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15 Jun 2011
Preliminary validation of column-averaged volume mixing ratios of carbon dioxide and methane retrieved from GOSAT short-wavelength infrared spectra
I. Morino, O. Uchino, M. Inoue, Y. Yoshida, T. Yokota, P. O. Wennberg, G. C. Toon, D. Wunch, C. M. Roehl, J. Notholt, T. Warneke, J. Messerschmidt, D. W. T. Griffith, N. M. Deutscher, V. Sherlock, B. Connor, J. Robinson, R. Sussmann, and M. Rettinger
National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan
National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan
National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan
National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan
National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125-2100, USA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA, 91109-8099, USA
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125-2100, USA
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125-2100, USA
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, 28334 Bremen, Germany
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, 28334 Bremen, Germany
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, 28334 Bremen, Germany
Center for Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
Center for Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
IMK-IFU, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
IMK-IFU, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Abstract. Column-averaged volume mixing ratios of carbon dioxide and methane retrieved from the Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT) Short-Wavelength InfraRed observation (GOSAT SWIR XCO2 and XCH4) were compared with the reference calibrated data obtained by ground-based high-resolution Fourier Transform Spectrometers (g-b FTSs) participating in the Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON).
Preliminary results are as follows: the GOSAT SWIR XCO2 and XCH4 (Version 01.xx) are biased low by 8.85 ± 4.75 ppm (2.3 ± 1.2 %) and 20.4 ± 18.9 ppb (1.2 ± 1.1 %), respectively. The standard deviation of the GOSAT SWIR XCO2 and XCH4 is about 1 % (1 σ) after correcting the negative biases of XCO2 and XCH4 by 8.85 ppm and 20.4 ppb, respectively. The latitudinal distributions of zonal means of the GOSAT SWIR XCO2 and XCH4 show similar features to those of the g-b FTS data except for the negative biases in the GOSAT data.
How to cite. Morino, I., Uchino, O., Inoue, M., Yoshida, Y., Yokota, T., Wennberg, P. O., Toon, G. C., Wunch, D., Roehl, C. M., Notholt, J., Warneke, T., Messerschmidt, J., Griffith, D. W. T., Deutscher, N. M., Sherlock, V., Connor, B., Robinson, J., Sussmann, R., and Rettinger, M.: Preliminary validation of column-averaged volume mixing ratios of carbon dioxide and methane retrieved from GOSAT short-wavelength infrared spectra, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 4, 1061–1076, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-4-1061-2011, 2011.
Received: 26 Nov 2010 – Discussion started: 08 Dec 2010 – Revised: 25 Apr 2011 – Accepted: 19 May 2011 – Published: 15 Jun 2011