The impact of improved satellite retrievals on estimates of biospheric carbon balance

Miller, Scot M.; Michalak, Anna M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-323-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 1

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 323–331, 2020

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-323-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 323–331, 2020

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-323-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 1

Research article 08 Jan 2020

Research article | 08 Jan 2020

The impact of improved satellite retrievals on estimates of biospheric carbon balance

Scot M. Miller and Anna M. Michalak

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Jun 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to reviewer #1', Scot Miller, 12 Sep 2019
RC2: 'Review of Miller & Michalak, "Impact of improved satellite retrievals on estimates of biospheric carbon balance"', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Aug 2019
- AC2: 'Reply to reviewer #2', Scot Miller, 12 Sep 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Scot Miller on behalf of the Authors (16 Oct 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (17 Oct 2019) by Manvendra K. Dubey

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (18 Oct 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (24 Oct 2019)

ED: Publish as is (06 Nov 2019) by Manvendra K. Dubey

Short summary

NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO-2) satellite observes CO₂ in the atmosphere. The satellite measures radiation, and these measurements are then converted to an estimate of atmospheric CO₂. This conversion or retrieval algorithm has improved markedly since the satellite launch. We find that these improvements in the CO₂ retrieval are having a potentially transformative effect on satellite-based estimates of the global biospheric carbon balance.