Global CO<sub>2</sub> fluxes estimated from GOSAT retrievals of total column CO<sub>2</sub>
We present one of the first estimates of the global distribution of CO<sub>2</sub> surface fluxes using total column CO<sub>2</sub> measurements retrieved by the SRON-KIT RemoTeC algorithm from the Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT). We derive optimized fluxes from...
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| author | S. Basu S. Guerlet A. Butz S. Houweling O. Hasekamp I. Aben P. Krummel P. Steele R. Langenfelds M. Torn S. Biraud B. Stephens A. Andrews D. Worthy |
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| description | We present one of the first estimates of the global distribution of CO<sub>2</sub> surface fluxes using total column CO<sub>2</sub> measurements retrieved by the SRON-KIT RemoTeC algorithm from the Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT). We derive optimized fluxes from June 2009 to December 2010. We estimate fluxes from surface CO<sub>2</sub> measurements to use as baselines for comparing GOSAT data-derived fluxes. Assimilating only GOSAT data, we can reproduce the observed CO<sub>2</sub> time series at surface and TCCON sites in the tropics and the northern extra-tropics. In contrast, in the southern extra-tropics GOSAT X<sub>CO<sub>2</sub></sub> leads to enhanced seasonal cycle amplitudes compared to independent measurements, and we identify it as the result of a land–sea bias in our GOSAT X<sub>CO<sub>2</sub></sub> retrievals. A bias correction in the form of a global offset between GOSAT land and sea pixels in a joint inversion of satellite and surface measurements of CO<sub>2</sub> yields plausible global flux estimates which are more tightly constrained than in an inversion using surface CO<sub>2</sub> data alone. We show that assimilating the bias-corrected GOSAT data on top of surface CO<sub>2</sub> data (a) reduces the estimated global land sink of CO<sub>2</sub>, and (b) shifts the terrestrial net uptake of carbon from the tropics to the extra-tropics. It is concluded that while GOSAT total column CO<sub>2</sub> provide useful constraints for source–sink inversions, small spatiotemporal biases – beyond what can be detected using current validation techniques – have serious consequences for optimized fluxes, even aggregated over continental scales. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-631ac7a731614964b4640a679683bb0d2022-12-21T22:40:11ZengCopernicus PublicationsAtmospheric Chemistry and Physics1680-73161680-73242013-09-0113178695871710.5194/acp-13-8695-2013Global CO<sub>2</sub> fluxes estimated from GOSAT retrievals of total column CO<sub>2</sub>S. BasuS. GuerletA. ButzS. HouwelingO. HasekampI. AbenP. KrummelP. SteeleR. LangenfeldsM. TornS. BiraudB. StephensA. AndrewsD. WorthyWe present one of the first estimates of the global distribution of CO<sub>2</sub> surface fluxes using total column CO<sub>2</sub> measurements retrieved by the SRON-KIT RemoTeC algorithm from the Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT). We derive optimized fluxes from June 2009 to December 2010. We estimate fluxes from surface CO<sub>2</sub> measurements to use as baselines for comparing GOSAT data-derived fluxes. Assimilating only GOSAT data, we can reproduce the observed CO<sub>2</sub> time series at surface and TCCON sites in the tropics and the northern extra-tropics. In contrast, in the southern extra-tropics GOSAT X<sub>CO<sub>2</sub></sub> leads to enhanced seasonal cycle amplitudes compared to independent measurements, and we identify it as the result of a land–sea bias in our GOSAT X<sub>CO<sub>2</sub></sub> retrievals. A bias correction in the form of a global offset between GOSAT land and sea pixels in a joint inversion of satellite and surface measurements of CO<sub>2</sub> yields plausible global flux estimates which are more tightly constrained than in an inversion using surface CO<sub>2</sub> data alone. We show that assimilating the bias-corrected GOSAT data on top of surface CO<sub>2</sub> data (a) reduces the estimated global land sink of CO<sub>2</sub>, and (b) shifts the terrestrial net uptake of carbon from the tropics to the extra-tropics. It is concluded that while GOSAT total column CO<sub>2</sub> provide useful constraints for source–sink inversions, small spatiotemporal biases – beyond what can be detected using current validation techniques – have serious consequences for optimized fluxes, even aggregated over continental scales.http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/13/8695/2013/acp-13-8695-2013.pdf |
| spellingShingle | S. Basu S. Guerlet A. Butz S. Houweling O. Hasekamp I. Aben P. Krummel P. Steele R. Langenfelds M. Torn S. Biraud B. Stephens A. Andrews D. Worthy Global CO<sub>2</sub> fluxes estimated from GOSAT retrievals of total column CO<sub>2</sub> Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics |
| title | Global CO<sub>2</sub> fluxes estimated from GOSAT retrievals of total column CO<sub>2</sub> |
| title_full | Global CO<sub>2</sub> fluxes estimated from GOSAT retrievals of total column CO<sub>2</sub> |
| title_fullStr | Global CO<sub>2</sub> fluxes estimated from GOSAT retrievals of total column CO<sub>2</sub> |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global CO<sub>2</sub> fluxes estimated from GOSAT retrievals of total column CO<sub>2</sub> |
| title_short | Global CO<sub>2</sub> fluxes estimated from GOSAT retrievals of total column CO<sub>2</sub> |
| title_sort | global co sub 2 sub fluxes estimated from gosat retrievals of total column co sub 2 sub |
| url | http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/13/8695/2013/acp-13-8695-2013.pdf |
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