Analysis of global and regional co burdens measured from space between 2000 and 2009 and validated by ground-based solar tracking spectrometers

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3479-3494

  Yurganov, L ^a   McMillan, W ^a   Grechko, E ^b   Dzhola, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOSSIL FUEL; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPECTROMETER; TRACKING; WILDFIRE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 77951241032     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-3479-2010     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Aumann, H. H., Chahine, M. T., Gautier, C., et al.: AIRS/AMSU/HSB on the Aqua mission: Design, science objectives, data products, and processing systems, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 41, 253-264, 2003. (Pubitemid 350182320)
2. Barret, B., De Mazière, M., and Mahieu, E.: Ground-based FTIR measurements of CO from the Jungfraujoch: characterisation and comparison with in situ surface and MOPITT data, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 3, 2217-2223, 2003, http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/3/2217/2003/.
3. Bergamaschi, P., Hein, R., Heimann, M., and Crutzen, P. J.: Inverse modeling of the global CO cycle, 1, Inversion of CO mixing ratios, J. Geophys. Res., 105(D2), 1909-1927, 2000.
4. Chahine, M. T., Pagano, T. S., Aumann, H. H., et al.: The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS): Providing new insights into weather and climate for the 21st century, B. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 87, 911-926, 2006.
5. Chen, Y.-H. and Prinn, R. G.: Atmospheric modeling of high-and low-frequency methane observations: Importance of in-terannually varying transport, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D10303, doi:10.1029/2004JD005542, 2005. (Pubitemid 40919775)
6. Clerbaux, C., George, M., Turquety, S., Walker, K. A., Barret, B., Bernath, P., Boone, C., Borsdorff, T., Cammas, J. P., Catoire, V., Coffey, M., Coheur, P.-F., Deeter, M., De Mazière, M., Drum-mond, J., Duchatelet, P., Dupuy, E., de Zafra, R., Eddounia, F., Edwards, D. P., Emmons, L., Funke, B., Gille, J., Griffith, D. W. T., Hannigan, J., Hase, F., Höpfner, M., Jones, N., Kagawa, A., Kasai, Y., Kramer, I., Le Flochmoën, E., Livesey, N. J., Lpez-Puertas, M., Luo, M., Mahieu, E., Murtagh, D., Nédélec, P., Pazmino, A., Pumphrey, H., Ricaud, P., Rinsland, C. P., Robert, C., Schneider, M., Senten, C., Stiller, G., Strandberg, A., Strong, K., Sussmann, R., Thouret, V., Urban, J., and Wiacek, A.: CO measurements from the ACE-FTS satellite instrument: data analysis and validation using ground-based, airborne and spaceborne observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 2569-2594, 2008, http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/8/2569/2008/.
7. Deeter, M. N., Emmons, L. K, Francis, G., et al.: Operational carbon monoxide retrieval algorithm and selected results for the MOPITT instrument, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D14), 4399, doi:10.1029/2002JD003186, 2003. (Pubitemid 38158105)
8. Deeter, M. N., Emmons, L. K., Edwards, D. P., Gille, J. C., and Drummond, J. R.: Vertical resolution and information content of CO profiles retrieved by MOPITT, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L15112, doi:10.1029/2004GL020235, 2004. (Pubitemid 39428323)
9. Deeter, M. N., Edwards, D. P., Gille, J. C., Emmons, L. K., Francis, G., Ho, S.-P., Mao, D., Masters, D., Worden, H., Drummond, J. R., and Novelli, P. C.: The MOPITT Version 4 CO Product: Algorithm Enhancements, Validation, and Long-Term Stability, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D07306, doi:10.1029/2009JD013005, 2010.
10. Duncan B. N., Logan, J. A., Bey, I., Megretskaia, I. A., Yan-tosca, R. M., Novelli, P. C., Jones, N. B., and Rinsland, C. P.: Global budget of CO, 1988-1997: Source estimates and validation with a global model, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D22301, doi:10.1029/2007JD008459, 2007.
11. Drummond, J. R.: Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT), in: The Use of EOS for Studies of Atmospheric Physics, edited by: Gille J. C. and Visconti, G., 77-101, North-Holland, NY, 1992.
12. Edwards, D. P., Emmons, L. K., Hauglustaine, D. A., Chu, A., Gille, J. C., Kaufman, Y. J., P'etron, G., Yurganov, L. N., Giglio, L., Deeter, M. N., Yudin, V., Ziskin, D. C.,Warner, J., Lamarque, J.-F., Francis, G. L., Ho, S. P., Mao, D., Chan, J., and Drummond, J. R.: Observations of Carbon Monoxide and Aerosol From the Terra Satellite: Northern Hemisphere Variability, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D24202, doi:10.1029/2004JD0047272004, 2004. (Pubitemid 40335202)
13. Edwards, D. P., Emmons, L. K., Gille, J. C., Chu, A., Atti'e, J.-L., Giglio, L., Wood, S. W., Haywood, J., Deeter, M. N., Massie, S. T., Ziskin, D. C., and Drummond J. R.: Satellite-observed pollution from Southern Hemisphere biomass burning, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D14312, doi:10.1029/2005JD006655, 2006. (Pubitemid 46055364)
14. Emmons, L. K., Deeter, M. N., Gille, J. C., Edwards, D. P., Atti'e,J.-L., Warner, J., Ziskin, D., Francis, G., Khattatov, B., Yudin,V., Lamarque, J.-F., Ho, S.-P., Mao, D., Chen, J. S., Drummond,J., Novelli, P., Sachse, G., Coffey, M. T., Hanni-gan, J. W.,Gerbig, C., Kawakami, S., Kondo, Y., Takegawa, N., Schlager,H., Baehr, J., and Ziereis, H.: Validation of Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) CO retrievals with aircraft in situ profiles, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D03309, doi:10.1029/2003JD004101, 2004. (Pubitemid 38727914)
15. Emmons, L. K., Pfister, G. G., Edwards, D. P., Gille, J. C., Sachse, G., Blake, D., Wofsy S., Gerbig C, Matross D., and Nédélec, P.: Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT): validation exercises during summer 2004 field campaigns over North America, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D12S02, doi:10.1029/2006JD007833, 2007. (Pubitemid 47241659)
16. Emmons, L. K., Edwards, D. P., Deeter, M. N., Gille, J. C., Campos, T., Nédélec, P., Novelli, P., and Sachse, G.: Measurements of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT) validation through 2006, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 1795-1803, 2009, http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/9/1795/2009/.
17. Fisher, J. A., Jacob, D. J., Purdy, M. T., Kopacz, M., Le Sager, P., Carouge, C., Holmes, C. D., Yantosca, R. M., Batchelor, R. L., Strong, K., Diskin, G. S., Fuelberg, H. E., Holloway, J. S., Hyer, E. J., McMillan, W. W., Warner, J., Streets, D. G., Zhang, Q., Wang, Y., and Wu, S.: Source attribution and interannual variability of Arctic pollution in spring constrained by aircraft (ARCTAS, ARCPAC) and satellite (AIRS) observations of carbon monoxide, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 977-996, 2010, http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/10/977/ 2010/.
18. Hase, F., Hannigan, J. W., Coffey, M. T., Goldman, A., Hopfner, M., Jones, N. J., Rinsland, C. P., and Wood, S. W.: Intercompar-ison of retrieval codes used for the analysis of high-resolution, ground-based FTIR measurements, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Rad. Transfer, 87, 25-52, 2004.
19. Kopacz, M., Jacob, D. J., Fisher, J. A., Logan, J. A., Zhang, L., Megretskaia, I. A., Yantosca, R. M., Singh, K., Henze, D. K., Burrows, J. P., Buchwitz, M., Khlystova, I., McMillan, W. W., Gille, J. C., Edwards, D. P., Eldering, A., Thouret, V., and Ned-elec, P.: Global estimates of CO sources with high resolution by adjoint inversion of multiple satellite datasets (MOPITT, AIRS, SCIAMACHY, TES), Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 855-876, 2010, http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/10/855/2010/.
20. Logan, J. A., Prather, M. J., Wofsy, S. C., and McElroy, M. B.: Tropospheric chemistry: A global perspective, J. Geophys. Res., 86, 7210-7254, 1981.
21. Luo, M., Rinsland, C. P., Rodgers, C. D., Logan, J. A., Wor-den, H., Kulawik, S., Eldering, A., Goldman, A., Shephard, M. W., Gunson, M., and Lampel, M. C.: Comparison of carbon monoxide measurements by TES and MOPITT: Influence of a priori data and instrument characteristics on nadir atmospheric species retrievals, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D09303, doi:10.1029/2006JD007663, 2007. (Pubitemid 47009862)
22. McMillan, W. W., Barnet, C., Strow, L., Chahine, M. T., McCourt, M. L., Warner, J. X., Novelli, P. C., Korontzi, S., Maddy, E. S., and Datta, S.: Daily global maps of carbon monoxide from NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L11801, doi:10.1029/2004GL021821, 2005. (Pubitemid 41174840)
23. McMillan, W. W., Warner, J. X., McCourt Comer, M., Maddy, E., Chu, A., Sparling, L., Eloranta, E., Hoff, R., Sachse, G., Barnet, C., Razenkov, I., and Wolf, W.: AIRS views transport from 12 to 22 July 2004 Alaskan/Canadian fires: Correlation of AIRS CO and MODIS AOD with forward trajectories and comparison of AIRS CO retrievals with DC-8 in situ measurements during INTEX-A/ICARTT, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D20301, doi:10.102009/2007JD009711, 2008.
24. McMillan, W. W. Evans, K., Barnet, C., Maddy, E., Sachse, G., and Diskin, G.: AIRS Version 5 CO Retreival: Algorithm Description and Validation, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, in press, 2009.
25. McMillan, W. W., Pierce, R., Sparling, L. C., Osterman, G., Mc-Cann, K., Fischer, M. L., Rappenglueck, B., Newton, R., Turner, D. D., Kittaka, C., Evans, K., Biraud, S., Lefer, B., Andrews, A., and Oltmans, S.:An Observational and modeling strategy to investigate the impact of remote sources on local air quality: A Houston, Texas case study from TEXAQS II, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D01301, doi:10.1029/2009JD011973, 2010.
26. Nassar R., Logan, J. A., Megretskaia, I. A., Murray, L. T., Zhang, L., and Jones, D. B. A.: Analysis of tropical tropospheric ozone, carbon monoxide, and water vapor during the 2006 El Niño using TES observations and the GEOS-Chem model, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D17304, doi:10.1029/2009JD011760, 2009.
27. Paton-Walsh, C., Jones, N. B., Wilson, S. R., Haverd, V., Meier, A., Griffith, D. W. T., and Rinsland, C. P.: Measurements of trace gas emissions from Australian forest fires and correlations with coincident measurements of aerosol optical depth, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D24305, doi:10.1029/2005JD006202, 2005. (Pubitemid 43169418)
28. Prinn, R. G., Huang, J. R., Weiss, F., et al.: Evidence for variability of atmospheric hydroxyl radicals over the past quarter century, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L07809, doi:10.1029/2004GL022228, 2005. (Pubitemid 40959022)
29. 2 tropospheric columns above Lauder, New Zealand (45 S latitude), J. Geophys. Res., 107(D14), 4185, doi:10.1029/2001JD001150, 2002. (Pubitemid 43197311)
30. Rothman, L. S., Barbe, A., Benner, D. C., et al.: The HITRAN molecular spectroscopic database: edition of 2000 including updates through 2001, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 82, 5-44, 2003.
31. Spivakovsky, C. M., Logan, J. A., Montzka, S. A., et al.: Three-dimensional climatological distribution of tropospheric OH: Update and evaluation, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 8931-8980, 2000.
32. Susskind, J., Barnet, C. D., and Blaisdell, J. M.: Retrieval of atmospheric and surface parameters from AIRS/AMSU/HSB data in the presence of clouds, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 41, 390-409, 2003.
33. Tanimoto, H., Sato, K., Butler, T., Lawrence, M. G., Fisher, J. A., Kopacz, M., Yantosca, R. M., Kanaya, Y., Kato, S., Okuda, T., Tanaka, S., and Zeng, J.: Exploring CO pollution episodes observed at Rishiri Island by chemical weather simulations and AIRS satellite measurements: long-range transport of burning plumes and implications for emissions inventories, Tellus B, 61B, 394-407, 2009.
34. Torres, O., Chen, Z., Jethva, H., Ahn, C., Freitas, S. R., and Bhartia, P. K.: OMI observations of the anomalous 2008 Southern Hemisphere biomass burning season, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 9, 21509-21524, 2009, http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/9/21509/2009/.
35. Turquety, S., Clerbaux, C., Law, K., Coheur, P.-F., Cozic, A., Szopa, S., Hauglustaine, D. A., Hadji-Lazaro, J., Gloudemans, A. M. S., Schrijver, H., Boone, C. D., Bernath, P. F., and Edwards, D. P.: CO emission and export from Asia: an analysis combining complementary satellite measurements (MOPITT, SCIA-MACHY and ACE-FTS) with global modeling, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 5187-5204, 2008, http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/8/5187/2008/.
36. Wang, J. S., McElroy, M. B., Logan, J. A., Palmer, P. I., Chamei-des, W. L., Wang, Y., and Megretskaia, I. A.: A Quantitative Assessment of Uncertainties Affecting Estimates of Global Mean OH Derived from Methyl Chloroform Observations, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D12302, doi:10.1029/2007JD008496, 2008.
37. Warner, J. M. M. C., Barnet, C. D., McMillan, W. W., Wolf, W., Maddy, E., and Sachse, G.: comparison of satellite tro-pospheric carbon monoxide measurements from AIRS and MOPITT during INTEX-A, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D12S17, doi:10.1029/2006JD007925, 2007. (Pubitemid 47241671)
38. van der Werf, G. R., Randerson, J. T., Giglio, L., Collatz, G. J., Kasibhatla, P. S., and Arellano Jr., A. F.: Interannual variability in global biomass burning emissions from 1997 to 2004, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 3423-3441, 2006, http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/6/3423/2006/.
39. Witte J. C., Schoeberl, M. R., Douglass, A. R., Gleason, J. F., Krotkov, N. A., Gille, J. C., Pickering, K. E., and Livesey, N.: Satellite Observations of Changes in Air Quality During the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Paralympics, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, 17, doi:10.1029/2009GL039236, 2009.
40. Yurganov, L. N., Grechko, E. I., and Dzhola, A. V.: Long-term measurements of carbon monoxide over Russia using a spectrometer of medium resolution, Recent Res. Devel. Geophys., 4, 249-265, 2002.
41. Yurganov, L. N., Blumenstock, T., Grechko, E. I., Hase, F., Hyer, E. J., Kasischke, E. S., Koike, M., Kondo, Y., Kramer, I., Leung, F.-Y., Mahieu, E., Mellqvist, J., Notholt, J., Novelli, P. C., Rinsland, C. P., Scheel, H.-E., Schulz, A., Strandberg, A., Suss-mann, R., Tanimoto, H., Velazco, V., Zander, R., and Zhao, Y.: A quantitative assessment of the 1998 carbon monoxide emission anomaly in the northern hemisphere based on total column and surface concentration measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D15305, doi:10.1029/ 2004JD004559, 2004. (Pubitemid 39411963)
42. Yurganov, L. N., Duchatelet, P., Dzhola, A. V., Edwards, D. P., Hase, F., Kramer, I., Mahieu, E., Mellqvist, J., Notholt, J., Nov-elli, P. C., Rockmann, A., Scheel, H. E., Schneider, M., Schulz, A., Strandberg, A., Sussmann, R., Tanimoto, H., Velazco, V., Drummond, J. R., and Gille, J. C.: Increased Northern Hemispheric carbon monoxide burden in the troposphere in 2002 and 2003 detected from the ground and from space, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 563-573, 2005, http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/5/563/2005/.
43. Yurganov, L., McMillan, W., Dzhola, A., Grechko, E., Jones N., and van der Werf, G.: Global AIRS and MOPITT CO Measurements: Validation, Comparison, and Links to Biomass Burning Variations and Carbon Cycle, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D09301, doi:10.1029/2007JD009229, 2008.
44. Yurganov, L., McMillan, W., Wilson, C., Fischer, M., and Biraud, S.: Carbon monoxide mixing ratios over Oklahoma between 2002 and 2009 retrieved from Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer spectra, Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., 3, 1263-1301, 2010, http://www.atmos-meas-tech-discuss.net/3/1263/ 2010/.