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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-13023-2015
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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.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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24 Nov 2015
Research article |
| 24 Nov 2015
Does GOSAT capture the true seasonal cycle of carbon dioxide?
H. Lindqvist
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, CO, USA
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
C. W. O'Dell
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, CO, USA
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
H. Boesch
National Centre for Earth Observation, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
F. Chevallier
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
N. Deutscher
School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
L. Feng
National Centre for Earth Observation, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
B. Fisher
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
F. Hase
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, IMK-ASF, Karlsruhe, Germany
National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan
Department of Biological Environment, Akita Prefectural University, Akita, Japan
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Arctic Research Centre, Sodankylä, Finland
I. Morino
National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan
P. I. Palmer
National Centre for Earth Observation, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
R. Parker
National Centre for Earth Observation, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
M. Schneider
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, IMK-ASF, Karlsruhe, Germany
R. Sussmann
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, IMK-IFU, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Y. Yoshida
National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan
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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.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration varies seasonally mainly due to plant photosynthesis in...
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