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An evaluation of IASI-NH3 with ground-based Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy measurements
Enrico Dammers
1
Mathias Palm
2
Martin van Damme
1, 3
Corinne Vigouroux
4
Dan Smale
5
Stephanie Conway
6
Geoffrey C. Toon
7
Nicholas Jones
8
Eric Nussbaumer
9
Thorsten Warneke
2
Christof Petri
2
Lieven Clarisse
3
Cathy Clerbaux
3, 10
Christian Hermans
4
Erik Lutsch
6
Kim Strong
11
James W. Hannigan
9
Hideaki Nakajima
12
Isamu Morino
12
Beatriz Herrera
13
Wolfgang Stremme
13
Michel Grutter
13
Martijn Schaap
14
Roy J. Wichink Kruit
15
Justus Notholt
2
Pierre-François Coheur
3
Jan Willem Erisman
1, 16
Enrico Dammers 1
Author
Mathias Palm 2
Author
Martin van Damme 1, 3
Author
Corinne Vigouroux 4
Author
Cathy Clerbaux 3, 10
Author IdHAL : cathy-clerbaux ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0394-7200
Christian Hermans 4
Author
Erik Lutsch 6
Author
Kim Strong 11
Author
James W. Hannigan 9
Author
Hideaki Nakajima 12
Author
Isamu Morino 12
Author
Beatriz Herrera 13
Author
Wolfgang Stremme 13
Author
Michel Grutter 13
Author
Martijn Schaap 14
Author
Roy J. Wichink Kruit 15
Author
1
FALW - Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences [Amsterdam] (De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Netherlands)
- VU - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam - Netherlands)
2
IUP - Institut für Umweltphysik [Bremen] (Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, D-28359 Bremen - Germany)
- Universität Bremen (Bibliothekstraße 1, 28359 Bremen - Germany)
3
Spectroscopie de l'atmosphère, Service de Chimie Quantique et Photophysique (Université Libre de Bruxelles 50 avenue F. D. Roosevelt B-1050 Brussels - Belgium)
- ULB - Université libre de Bruxelles (Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 50 - 1050 Bruxelles - Belgium)
4
BIRA-IASB - Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy / Institut d'Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique (Ringlaan-3-Avenue Circulaire B-1180 Brussels - Belgium)
5
NIWA - National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research [Lauder] (Lauder, Central Otago, New Zealand - New Zealand)
6
University of Toronto (27 King's College Circle, Toronto M5S 1A1 - Canada)
7
JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory (4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, USA - United States)
- NASA (www.nasa.gov - United States)
- CALTECH - California Institute of Technology (1200 East California Blvd, Pasadena, California 91125 - United States)
8
CAC - Center for Atmospheric Chemistry [Wollongong] (School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Northfields Ave, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia - Australia)
- University of Wollongong (Northfields Ave, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australie - Australia)
9
NCAR - National Center for Atmospheric Research [Boulder] (3090 Center Green Drive, Boulder, CO 80301 - United States)
10
TROPO - LATMOS (France)
- LATMOS - Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (11 boulevard d'Alembert
Quartier des Garennes
78280 - Guyancourt - France)
- UVSQ - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines : UMR8190 (55 avenue de Paris - 78035 Versailles cedex - France)
- UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 : UMR8190 (4 place Jussieu - 75005 Paris - France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers : UMR8190 (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR8190 (France)
11
Department of Physics [Toronto] ( 60 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A7 - Canada)
- University of Toronto (27 King's College Circle, Toronto M5S 1A1 - Canada)
12
NIES - National Institute for Environmental Studies (Tsukuba, Ibaraki - Japan)
13
Centro de Ciencias de la Atmosfera [Mexico] (UNAM, Coyoacan, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Ciudad de México, CDMX - Mexico)
14
TNO Climate, Air and Sustainability [Utrecht] (Princetonlaan 6, 3584 CB Utrecht, NL - Netherlands)
- TNO - The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (The Hague - Netherlands)
15
RIVM - National Institute for Public Health and the Environment [Bilthoven] (Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, 3721 MA, Bilthoven / PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven - Netherlands)
16
Louis Bolk Institute (France)
Abstract : Global distributions of atmospheric ammonia (NH3) measured with satellite instruments such as the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) contain valuable information on NH3 concentrations and variability in regions not yet covered by ground based instruments. Due to their large spatial coverage and daily observations, the satellite observations have the potential to increase our knowledge of the distribution of NH3 emissions, and associated seasonal cycles. However the observations remain poorly validated, with only a handful of available studies often using only surface observations without any vertical information. In this study, we present the first validation of the IASI-NH3 product using ground-based Fourier Transform InfraRed (FTIR) observations. Using a recently developed consistent retrieval strategy, NH3 concentration profiles have been retrieved using observations from nine Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC) stations around the world between 2008–2015. We demonstrate the importance of strict spatio-temporal collocation criteria for the comparison. Large differences in the regression results are observed for changing intervals of spatial criteria, mostly due to terrain characteristics and the short lifetime of NH3 in the atmosphere. The seasonal variations of both datasets are consistent for most sites. Correlations are found to be high at sites in areas with considerable NH3 levels, whereas correlations are lower at sites with low atmospheric NH3 levels close to the detection limit of the IASI instrument. A combination of the observations from all sites (Nobs = 547) give a MRD of −32.4 ± (56.3) %, a correlation r of 0.8 with a slope of 0.73. These results indicate that the IASI-NH3 product performs better than previous upper bound estimates (-50% – +100 %).
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- DOI : 10.5194/acp-2016-141
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Enrico Dammers, Mathias Palm, Martin van Damme, Corinne Vigouroux, Dan Smale, et al.. An evaluation of IASI-NH3 with ground-based Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy measurements. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, European Geosciences Union, 2016, 16 (16), pp.10351-10368. ⟨10.5194/acp-2016-141⟩. ⟨insu-01288958⟩
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