Observation of slant column NO<sub>2</sub> using the super-zoom mode of AURA-OMI
We retrieve slant column NO<sub>2</sub> from the super-zoom mode of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) to explore its utility for understanding NO<sub>x</sub> emissions and variability. Slant column NO<sub>2</sub> is operationally retrieved from OMI (Boersma et...
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| author | R. C. Cohen E. J. Bucsela J. P. Veefkind L. C. Valin A. R. Russell |
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| description | We retrieve slant column NO<sub>2</sub> from the super-zoom mode of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) to explore its utility for understanding NO<sub>x</sub> emissions and variability. Slant column NO<sub>2</sub> is operationally retrieved from OMI (Boersma et al., 2007; Bucsela et al., 2006) with a nadir footprint of 13 × 24 km<sup>2</sup>, the result of averaging eight detector elements on board the instrument. For 85 orbits in late 2004, OMI reported observations from individual "super-zoom" detector elements (spaced at 13 × 3 km<sup>2</sup> at nadir). We assess the spatial response of these individual detector elements in-flight and determine an upper-bound on spatial resolution of 9 km, in good agreement with on-ground calibration (7 km FWHM). We determine the precision of the super-zoom mode to be 2.1 × 10<sup>15</sup> molecules cm<sup>−2</sup>, approximately a factor of √8 lower than an identical retrieval at operational scale as expected if random noise dominates the uncertainty. We retrieve slant column NO<sub>2</sub> over the Satpura power plant in India; Seoul, South Korea; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and a set of large point sources on the Rihand Reservoir in India using differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS). Over these sources, the super-zoom mode of OMI observes variation in slant column NO<sub>2</sub> of up to 30 × the instrumental precision within one operational footprint. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-57a8bd3fc2c24380a89aabb840502d0c2022-12-22T00:55:31ZengCopernicus PublicationsAtmospheric Measurement Techniques1867-13811867-85482011-09-01491929193510.5194/amt-4-1929-2011Observation of slant column NO<sub>2</sub> using the super-zoom mode of AURA-OMIR. C. CohenE. J. BucselaJ. P. VeefkindL. C. ValinA. R. RussellWe retrieve slant column NO<sub>2</sub> from the super-zoom mode of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) to explore its utility for understanding NO<sub>x</sub> emissions and variability. Slant column NO<sub>2</sub> is operationally retrieved from OMI (Boersma et al., 2007; Bucsela et al., 2006) with a nadir footprint of 13 × 24 km<sup>2</sup>, the result of averaging eight detector elements on board the instrument. For 85 orbits in late 2004, OMI reported observations from individual "super-zoom" detector elements (spaced at 13 × 3 km<sup>2</sup> at nadir). We assess the spatial response of these individual detector elements in-flight and determine an upper-bound on spatial resolution of 9 km, in good agreement with on-ground calibration (7 km FWHM). We determine the precision of the super-zoom mode to be 2.1 × 10<sup>15</sup> molecules cm<sup>−2</sup>, approximately a factor of √8 lower than an identical retrieval at operational scale as expected if random noise dominates the uncertainty. We retrieve slant column NO<sub>2</sub> over the Satpura power plant in India; Seoul, South Korea; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and a set of large point sources on the Rihand Reservoir in India using differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS). Over these sources, the super-zoom mode of OMI observes variation in slant column NO<sub>2</sub> of up to 30 × the instrumental precision within one operational footprint.http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/4/1929/2011/amt-4-1929-2011.pdf |
| spellingShingle | R. C. Cohen E. J. Bucsela J. P. Veefkind L. C. Valin A. R. Russell Observation of slant column NO<sub>2</sub> using the super-zoom mode of AURA-OMI Atmospheric Measurement Techniques |
| title | Observation of slant column NO<sub>2</sub> using the super-zoom mode of AURA-OMI |
| title_full | Observation of slant column NO<sub>2</sub> using the super-zoom mode of AURA-OMI |
| title_fullStr | Observation of slant column NO<sub>2</sub> using the super-zoom mode of AURA-OMI |
| title_full_unstemmed | Observation of slant column NO<sub>2</sub> using the super-zoom mode of AURA-OMI |
| title_short | Observation of slant column NO<sub>2</sub> using the super-zoom mode of AURA-OMI |
| title_sort | observation of slant column no sub 2 sub using the super zoom mode of aura omi |
| url | http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/4/1929/2011/amt-4-1929-2011.pdf |
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