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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-6347-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-6347-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
17 May 2022
Research article |
| 17 May 2022
| 17 May 2022
Using atmospheric trace gas vertical profiles to evaluate model fluxes: a case study of Arctic-CAP observations and GEOS simulations for the ABoVE domain
NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder CO, USA
Abhishek Chatterjee
Universities Space Research Association, Columbia MD, USA
Department of Geological Science, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD, USA
Sonja Wolter
CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder CO, USA
NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder CO, USA
Kathryn McKain
CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder CO, USA
NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder CO, USA
Robert Bogue
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena CA, USA
now at: Department of Earth and Planetary Science, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Stephen Conley
Scientific Aviation, Boulder CO, USA
Tim Newberger
CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder CO, USA
NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder CO, USA
CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder CO, USA
NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder CO, USA
Lesley Ott
Department of Geological Science, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD, USA
Benjamin Poulter
Department of Geological Science, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD, USA
Luke Schiferl
LDEO, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Brad Weir
Universities Space Research Association, Columbia MD, USA
Department of Geological Science, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD, USA
Zhen Zhang
LDEO, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Department of Geological Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Charles E. Miller
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena CA, USA
Data sets
ABoVE: Atmospheric Gas Concentrations from Airborne Flasks, Arctic-CAP C. Sweeney, K. McKain, B. R. Miller, and S. E. Michel https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1658
Short summary
The Arctic Carbon Atmospheric Profiles (Arctic-CAP) project demonstrates the utility of aircraft profiles for independent evaluation of model-derived emissions and uptake of atmospheric CO2, CH4, and CO from land and ocean. Comparison with the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) modeling system suggests that fluxes of CO2 are very consistent with observations, while those of CH4 have some regional and seasonal biases, and that CO comparison is complicated by transport errors.
The Arctic Carbon Atmospheric Profiles (Arctic-CAP) project demonstrates the utility of aircraft...
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