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Validation of OMPS Suomi NPP and OMPS NOAA‐20 Formaldehyde Total Columns With NDACC FTIR Observations. / Kwon, H.‐a.; Abad, G. González; Nowlan, C. R.; Chong, H.; Souri, A. H.; Vigouroux, C.; Röhling, A.; Kivi, R.; Makarova, M.; Notholt, J.; Palm, M.; Winkler, H.; Té, Y.; Sussmann, R.; Rettinger, M.; Mahieu, E.; Strong, K.; Lutsch, E.; Yamanouchi, S.; Nagahama, T.; Hannigan, J. W.; Zhou, M.; Murata, I.; Grutter, M.; Stremme, W.; De Mazière, M.; Jones, N.; Smale, D.; Morino, I.
In: Earth and Space Science, Vol. 10, No. 5, e2022EA002778, 15.05.2023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation of OMPS Suomi NPP and OMPS NOAA‐20 Formaldehyde Total Columns With NDACC FTIR Observations
AU - Kwon, H.‐a.
AU - Abad, G. González
AU - Nowlan, C. R.
AU - Chong, H.
AU - Souri, A. H.
AU - Vigouroux, C.
AU - Röhling, A.
AU - Kivi, R.
AU - Makarova, M.
AU - Notholt, J.
AU - Palm, M.
AU - Winkler, H.
AU - Té, Y.
AU - Sussmann, R.
AU - Rettinger, M.
AU - Mahieu, E.
AU - Strong, K.
AU - Lutsch, E.
AU - Yamanouchi, S.
AU - Nagahama, T.
AU - Hannigan, J. W.
AU - Zhou, M.
AU - Murata, I.
AU - Grutter, M.
AU - Stremme, W.
AU - De Mazière, M.
AU - Jones, N.
AU - Smale, D.
AU - Morino, I.
PY - 2023/5/15
Y1 - 2023/5/15
N2 - We validate formaldehyde (HCHO) vertical column densities (VCDs) from Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite Nadir Mapper (OMPS-NM) instruments onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite for 2012–2020 and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-20 (NOAA-20) satellite for 2018–2020, hereafter referred to as OMPS-NPP and OMPS-N20, with ground-based Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR) observations of the Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC). OMPS-NPP/N20 HCHO products reproduce seasonal variability at 24 FTIR sites. Monthly variability of OMPS-NPP/N20 has a very good agreement with FTIR, showing correlation coefficients of 0.83 and 0.88, respectively. OMPS-NPP (N20) biases averaged over all sites are −0.9 (4) ± 3 (6)%. However, at clean sites (with VCDs 4.0 × 1015 molecules cm−2, negative biases of −15% ± 4% appear for OMPS-NPP, but OMPS-N20 shows smaller bias of 0.5% ± 6% due to its smaller ground pixel footprints. Therefore, smaller satellite footprint sizes are important in distinguishing small-scale plumes. In addition, we discuss a bias correction and provide lower limit for the monthly uncertainty of OMPS-NPP/N20 HCHO products. The total uncertainty for OMPS-NPP (N20) at clean sites is 0.7 (0.8) × 1015 molecules cm−2, corresponding to a relative uncertainty of 32 (30)%. In the case of HCHO VCDs > 4.0 × 1015 molecules cm−2, however, the relative uncertainty in HCHO VCDs for OMPS-NPP (N20) decreases to 31 (18)%.
AB - We validate formaldehyde (HCHO) vertical column densities (VCDs) from Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite Nadir Mapper (OMPS-NM) instruments onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite for 2012–2020 and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-20 (NOAA-20) satellite for 2018–2020, hereafter referred to as OMPS-NPP and OMPS-N20, with ground-based Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR) observations of the Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC). OMPS-NPP/N20 HCHO products reproduce seasonal variability at 24 FTIR sites. Monthly variability of OMPS-NPP/N20 has a very good agreement with FTIR, showing correlation coefficients of 0.83 and 0.88, respectively. OMPS-NPP (N20) biases averaged over all sites are −0.9 (4) ± 3 (6)%. However, at clean sites (with VCDs 4.0 × 1015 molecules cm−2, negative biases of −15% ± 4% appear for OMPS-NPP, but OMPS-N20 shows smaller bias of 0.5% ± 6% due to its smaller ground pixel footprints. Therefore, smaller satellite footprint sizes are important in distinguishing small-scale plumes. In addition, we discuss a bias correction and provide lower limit for the monthly uncertainty of OMPS-NPP/N20 HCHO products. The total uncertainty for OMPS-NPP (N20) at clean sites is 0.7 (0.8) × 1015 molecules cm−2, corresponding to a relative uncertainty of 32 (30)%. In the case of HCHO VCDs > 4.0 × 1015 molecules cm−2, however, the relative uncertainty in HCHO VCDs for OMPS-NPP (N20) decreases to 31 (18)%.
KW - FTIR
KW - NOAA-20
KW - OMPS
KW - Suomi NPP
KW - formaldehyde
KW - validation
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/65640ad1-1db6-38f3-9f1f-7c62ed79d08a/
U2 - 10.1029/2022ea002778
DO - 10.1029/2022ea002778
M3 - Article
VL - 10
JO - Earth and Space Science
JF - Earth and Space Science
SN - 2333-5084
IS - 5
M1 - e2022EA002778
ER -
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