Improvement of the retrieval algorithm for GOSAT SWIR XCO<sub>2</sub> and XCH<sub>4</sub> and their validation using TCCON data

Improvement of the retrieval algorithm for GOSAT SWIR XCO<sub>2</sub> and XCH<sub>4</sub> and their validation using TCCON data

The column-averaged dry-air mole fractions of carbon dioxide and methane (XCO<sub>2</sub> and XCH<sub>4</sub>) have been retrieved from Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT) Short-Wavelength InfraRed (SWIR) observations and released as a SWIR L2 product from the Nation...

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Main Authors: Y. Yoshida, N. Kikuchi, I. Morino, O. Uchino, S. Oshchepkov, A. Bril, T. Saeki, N. Schutgens, G. C. Toon, D. Wunch, C. M. Roehl, P. O. Wennberg, D. W. T. Griffith, N. M. Deutscher, T. Warneke, J. Notholt, J. Robinson, V. Sherlock, B. Connor, M. Rettinger, R. Sussmann, P. Ahonen, P. Heikkinen, E. Kyrö, J. Mendonca, K. Strong, F. Hase, S. Dohe, T. Yokota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-06-01
Series:Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Online Access:http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/6/1533/2013/amt-6-1533-2013.pdf
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Summary:The column-averaged dry-air mole fractions of carbon dioxide and methane (XCO<sub>2</sub> and XCH<sub>4</sub>) have been retrieved from Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT) Short-Wavelength InfraRed (SWIR) observations and released as a SWIR L2 product from the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES). XCO<sub>2</sub> and XCH<sub>4</sub> retrieved using the version 01.xx retrieval algorithm showed large negative biases and standard deviations (−8.85 and 4.75 ppm for XCO<sub>2</sub> and −20.4 and 18.9 ppb for XCH<sub>4</sub>, respectively) compared with data of the Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON). Multiple reasons for these error characteristics (e.g., solar irradiance database, handling of aerosol scattering) are identified and corrected in a revised version of the retrieval algorithm (version 02.xx). The improved retrieval algorithm shows much smaller biases and standard deviations (−1.48 and 2.09 ppm for XCO<sub>2</sub> and −5.9 and 12.6 ppb for XCH<sub>4</sub>, respectively) than the version 01.xx. Also, the number of post-screened measurements is increased, especially at northern mid- and high-latitudinal areas.
ISSN:1867-1381
1867-8548

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