Assimilation of SCIAMACHY total column CO observations: Global and regional analysis of data impact

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Tangborn, Andrew ^a,b   Stajner, Ivanka ^a,c   Buchwitz, Michael ^d   Khlystova, Iryna ^d   Pawson, Steven ^a   Burrows, John ^d,e   Hudman, Rynda ^f,g   Nedelec, Philippe ^h  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c NOBLIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ERRORS; MAPPING; MAPS; OZONE; REGIONAL PLANNING; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SPECTROMETERS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ABU DHABI; AIR SAMPLING; ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC CARTOGRAPHY; CO EMISSIONS; DATA SETS; EARTH SYSTEMS; EMISSIONS INVENTORY; ENVISAT; FREE TROPOSPHERE; GLOBAL MODELING; HYDROXYL RADICALS; IN-SITU; MEASUREMENT OF OZONE AND WATER VAPOR BY AIRBUS IN-SERVICE AIRCRAFTS; MODEL CHANGE; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; REGIONAL SCALE; SCANNING IMAGING ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER; SURFACE OBSERVATION; SURFACE SOURCES; SYSTEMATIC MODELS; WESTERN EUROPE;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON MONOXIDE; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVISAT-1; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NOAA SATELLITE; OZONE; SCIAMACHY; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ASIA; DUBAI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; EURASIA; EUROPE; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649084486     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010781     Document Type: Article

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