Does GOSAT capture the true seasonal cycle of carbon dioxide?

Lindqvist, H.; O'Dell, C. W.; Basu, S.; Boesch, H.; Chevallier, F.; Deutscher, N.; Feng, L.; Fisher, B.; Hase, F.; Inoue, M.; Kivi, R.; Morino, I.; Palmer, P. I.; Parker, R.; Schneider, M.; Sussmann, R.; Yoshida, Y.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-13023-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 22

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-13023-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-13023-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 22

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24 Nov 2015

Research article |

| 24 Nov 2015

Does GOSAT capture the true seasonal cycle of carbon dioxide?

H. Lindqvist, C. W. O'Dell, S. Basu, H. Boesch, F. Chevallier, N. Deutscher, L. Feng, B. Fisher, F. Hase, M. Inoue, R. Kivi, I. Morino, P. I. Palmer, R. Parker, M. Schneider, R. Sussmann, and Y. Yoshida

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RC C5085: 'Review of Lindqvist et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Jul 2015
- AC C7457: 'Response letter to referee #2', Hannakaisa Lindqvist, 30 Sep 2015
RC C5338: 'referee review', Susan Kulawik, 29 Jul 2015
- AC C7458: 'Response letter to referee #1', Hannakaisa Lindqvist, 30 Sep 2015

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ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (14 Oct 2015) by Paul Wennberg

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (10 Nov 2015) by Paul Wennberg

AR by Hannakaisa Lindqvist on behalf of the Authors (10 Nov 2015) Manuscript

Short summary

Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration varies seasonally mainly due to plant photosynthesis in the Northern Hemisphere. We found that the satellite GOSAT can capture this variability from space to within 1ppm. We also found that models can differ by more than 1ppm. This implies that the satellite measurements could be useful in evaluating models and their prior estimates of carbon dioxide sources and sinks.