Twenty years of ground-based NDACC FTIR spectrometry at Izaña Observatory – overview and long-term comparison to other techniques

García, Omaira E.; Schneider, Matthias; Sepúlveda, Eliezer; Hase, Frank; Blumenstock, Thomas; Cuevas, Emilio; Ramos, Ramón; Gross, Jochen; Barthlott, Sabine; Röhling, Amelie N.; Sanromá, Esther; González, Yenny; Gómez-Peláez, Ángel J.; Navarro-Comas, Mónica; Puentedura, Olga; Yela, Margarita; Redondas, Alberto; Carreño, Virgilio; León-Luis, Sergio F.; Reyes, Enrique; García, Rosa D.; Rivas, Pedro P.; Romero-Campos, Pedro M.; Torres, Carlos; Prats, Natalia; Hernández, Miguel; López, César

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-15519-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-15519-2021

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18 Oct 2021

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Twenty years of ground-based NDACC FTIR spectrometry at Izaña Observatory – overview and long-term comparison to other techniques

Omaira E. García, Matthias Schneider, Eliezer Sepúlveda, Frank Hase, Thomas Blumenstock, Emilio Cuevas, Ramón Ramos, Jochen Gross, Sabine Barthlott, Amelie N. Röhling, Esther Sanromá, Yenny González, Ángel J. Gómez-Peláez, Mónica Navarro-Comas, Olga Puentedura, Margarita Yela, Alberto Redondas, Virgilio Carreño, Sergio F. León-Luis, Enrique Reyes, Rosa D. García, Pedro P. Rivas, Pedro M. Romero-Campos, Carlos Torres, Natalia Prats, Miguel Hernández, and César López

Data sets

TCCON data from Izana (ES), Release GGG2014.R1 T. Blumenstock, F. Hase, M. Schneider, O. E. García, and E. Sepúlveda https://doi.org/10.14291/TCCON.GGG2014.IZANA01.R1

Short summary

This paper analyses the potential of ground-based Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) solar observations to monitor atmospheric gaseous composition and investigate multiple climate processes. To this end, this work reviews the FTIR programme of one of most relevant ground-based FTIR stations at a global scale, the subtropical Izaña Observatory (IZO, Spain), going over its history during its first 20 years of operation (1999–2018) and exploring its great value for long-term climate research.