Extending methane profiles from aircraft into the stratosphere for satellite total column validation using the ECMWF C-IFS and TOMCAT/SLIMCAT 3-D model

Verma, Shreeya; Marshall, Julia; Parrington, Mark; Agustí-Panareda, Anna; Massart, Sebastien; Chipperfield, Martyn P.; Wilson, Christopher; Gerbig, Christoph

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-6663-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-6663-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-6663-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 11

Research article

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07 Jun 2017

Research article |

| 07 Jun 2017

Extending methane profiles from aircraft into the stratosphere for satellite total column validation using the ECMWF C-IFS and TOMCAT/SLIMCAT 3-D model

Shreeya Verma, Julia Marshall, Mark Parrington, Anna Agustí-Panareda, Sebastien Massart, Martyn P. Chipperfield, Christopher Wilson, and Christoph Gerbig

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RC1: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Nov 2016
RC2: 'Review Report', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Jan 2017
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ED: Publish as is (27 Apr 2017) by Thomas Wagner

AR by Shreeya Verma on behalf of the Authors (02 May 2017)

Short summary

Aircraft profiles are a useful reference for validation of satellite-based column-averaged dry air mole fraction data. However, these are available only up to about 9–13 km altitude and therefore need to be extended synthetically into the stratosphere using other sources. In this study, we analyse three different data sources that are available for extension of CH₄ profiles by comparing the error introduced by each into the total column and provide recommendations regarding the best approach.