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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1963-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1963-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
07 Feb 2023
Research article |
| 07 Feb 2023
| 07 Feb 2023
Characterization of errors in satellite-based HCHO ∕ NO2 tropospheric column ratios with respect to chemistry, column-to-PBL translation, spatial representation, and retrieval uncertainties
Amir H. Souri
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMP) Division, Center for Astrophysics
| Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA, USA
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
GESTAR II, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Matthew S. Johnson
Earth Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA,
USA
Glenn M. Wolfe
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
James H. Crawford
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Alan Fried
Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research, University of Colorado,
Boulder, CO, USA
Armin Wisthaler
Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of
Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1033, Blindern,
0315 Oslo, Norway
William H. Brune
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, PA, USA
Donald R. Blake
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
Andrew J. Weinheimer
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Tijl Verhoelst
Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), Ringlaan 3,
1180 Uccle, Belgium
Steven Compernolle
Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), Ringlaan 3,
1180 Uccle, Belgium
Gaia Pinardi
Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), Ringlaan 3,
1180 Uccle, Belgium
Corinne Vigouroux
Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), Ringlaan 3,
1180 Uccle, Belgium
Bavo Langerock
Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), Ringlaan 3,
1180 Uccle, Belgium
Sungyeon Choi
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD 20706, USA
Lok Lamsal
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, MD 21046, USA
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University
of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Guangdong Provincial Observation and Research Station for Coastal
Atmosphere and Climate of the
Greater Bay Area, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Shuai Sun
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University
of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Guangdong Provincial Observation and Research Station for Coastal
Atmosphere and Climate of the
Greater Bay Area, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Ronald C. Cohen
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley,
CA 94720, USA
Kyung-Eun Min
School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju
Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South Korea
Changmin Cho
School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju
Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South Korea
Sajeev Philip
Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology
Delhi, New Delhi, India
Xiong Liu
Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMP) Division, Center for Astrophysics
| Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA, USA
Kelly Chance
Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMP) Division, Center for Astrophysics
| Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA, USA
Data sets
Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Tropospheric Formaldehyde HCHO 1-Orbit L2 7km x 3.5km German Aerospace Center (DLR) https://doi.org/10.5270/S5P-tjlxfd2
Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Tropospheric NO$_2$ 1-Orbit L2 7km x 3.5km Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (KNMI) https://doi.org/10.5270/S5P-s4ljg54
Model code and software
ahsouri/STREET: STREET 0.0.3 (0.0.3) Amir H. Souri https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7497106
Short summary
We have rigorously characterized different sources of error in satellite-based HCHO / NO2 tropospheric columns, a widely used metric for diagnosing near-surface ozone sensitivity. Specifically, the errors were categorized/quantified into (i) an inherent chemistry error, (ii) the decoupled relationship between columns and the near-surface concentration, (iii) the spatial representativeness error of ground satellite pixels, and (iv) the satellite retrieval errors.
We have rigorously characterized different sources of error in satellite-based HCHO / NO2...
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