posted on 2024-11-14, 01:08authored byC Clerbaux, M George, S Turquety, K A Walker, Nicholas JonesNicholas Jones, David GriffithDavid Griffith, C P Rinsland, E Mahieu, M De Maziere, A Kagawa, J Hannigan, M Coffey, F Hase, M Hopfner, P Duchatelet, I Kramer, A Strandberg, K Strong, Y Kasai, B Barret, P Ricaud, D Murtagh, E Dupuy, V Catoire, C Robert, C Senten, N J Livesey, M Luo, M Lopez-Puertas, Ph Medelec, A Pazmino, H Pumphrey, T Borsdorff, P F Coheur, J P Cammas, James Drummond, R de Zafra, M Deeter, L Emmons, F Eddounia, J C Gille, E le Flochmoen, C Boone, B Funke, M Schneider, G P Stiller, P Bernath, D P Edwards
The Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) mission was launched in August 2003 to sound the atmosphere by solar occultation. Carbon monoxide (CO), a good tracer of pollution plumes and atmospheric dynamics, is one of the key species provided by the primary instrument, the ACE-Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS). This instrument performs measurements in both the CO 1-0 and 2-0 ro-vibrational bands, from which vertically resolved CO concentration profiles are retrieved, from the mid-troposphere to the thermosphere. This paper presents an updated description of the ACE-FTS version 2.2 CO data product, along with a comprehensive validation of these profiles using available observations (February 2004 to December 2006). We have compared the CO partial columns with ground-based measurements using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and millimeter wave radiometry, and the volume mixing ratio profiles with airborne (both high-altitude balloon flight and airplane) observations. CO satellite observations provided by nadir-looking instruments (MOPITT and TES) as well as limb-viewing remote sensors (MIPAS, SMR and MLS) were also compared with the ACE-FTS CO products. We show that the ACE-FTS measurements provide CO profiles with small retrieval errors (better than 5% from the upper troposphere to 40 km, and better than 10% above). These observations agree well with the correlative measurements, considering the rather loose coincidence criteria in some cases. Based on the validation exercise we assess the following uncertainties to the ACE-FTS measurement data: better than 15% in the upper troposphere (812 km), than 30% in the lower stratosphere (1230 km), and than 25% from 30 to 100 km.
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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 Maziere, M., Drummond, J., Duchatelet, P., Dupuy, E., de Zafra, R., Eddounia, F., Edwards, D. P., Emmons, L., Funke, B., Gille, J., Griffith, D. W., Hannigan, J., Hase, F., Hopfner, M., Jones, N. B., Kagawa, A., Kasai, Y., Kramer, I., le Flochmoen, E., Livesey, N. J., Lopez-Puertas, M., Luo, M., Mahieu, E., Murtagh, D., Nedelec, P., Pazmino, A., Pumphrey, H., Ricaud, P., Rinsland, C., Robert, C., Schneider, M., Senten, C., Stiller, G., Strandberg, A. & Strong, K. (2007). CO measurements from the ACE-FTS satellite instrument: data analysis and validation using ground-based, airborne and spaceborne observations. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 8 (9), 2569-2594.