Measuring Carbon Monoxide With TROPOMI: First Results and a Comparison With ECMWF‐IFS Analysis Data
Abstract The Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) was launched onboard of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Sentinel‐5P satellite. One of the mission's key products is the total column density of carbon monoxide, inferred from TROPOMI's 2.3 μm measurements. Using the operation...
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| author | T. Borsdorff J. Aan de Brugh H. Hu I. Aben O. Hasekamp J. Landgraf |
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| description | Abstract The Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) was launched onboard of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Sentinel‐5P satellite. One of the mission's key products is the total column density of carbon monoxide, inferred from TROPOMI's 2.3 μm measurements. Using the operational processing algorithm, we analyze six subsequent days of measurements during the commissioning phase. The TROPOMI product is compared with CO fields from the European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) assimilation system. Globally, a small mean difference between the data sets of 3.2 ± 5.5% with a correlation coefficient of 0.97 is found. The daily global coverage of TROPOMI enables it to capture day‐to‐day evolution of the atmospheric composition. As an example, we discuss the air pollution event of India in November 2017 with high carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations, which partly dispersed when the CO polluted air was transported north alongside the Himalaya to China. The striking agreement and also regional differences with ECMWF indicate new exciting applications for the TROPOMI CO data product. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0dc48aba988b40b995d8f64ddd7d86732025-08-20T02:34:46ZengWileyGeophysical Research Letters0094-82761944-80072018-03-014562826283210.1002/2018GL077045Measuring Carbon Monoxide With TROPOMI: First Results and a Comparison With ECMWF‐IFS Analysis DataT. Borsdorff0J. Aan de Brugh1H. Hu2I. Aben3O. Hasekamp4J. Landgraf5SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research Utrecht NetherlandsSRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research Utrecht NetherlandsSRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research Utrecht NetherlandsSRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research Utrecht NetherlandsSRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research Utrecht NetherlandsSRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research Utrecht NetherlandsAbstract The Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) was launched onboard of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Sentinel‐5P satellite. One of the mission's key products is the total column density of carbon monoxide, inferred from TROPOMI's 2.3 μm measurements. Using the operational processing algorithm, we analyze six subsequent days of measurements during the commissioning phase. The TROPOMI product is compared with CO fields from the European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) assimilation system. Globally, a small mean difference between the data sets of 3.2 ± 5.5% with a correlation coefficient of 0.97 is found. The daily global coverage of TROPOMI enables it to capture day‐to‐day evolution of the atmospheric composition. As an example, we discuss the air pollution event of India in November 2017 with high carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations, which partly dispersed when the CO polluted air was transported north alongside the Himalaya to China. The striking agreement and also regional differences with ECMWF indicate new exciting applications for the TROPOMI CO data product.https://doi.org/10.1002/2018GL077045TROPOMIcarbon monoxideair pollutionIndiaCAMSSRON |
| spellingShingle | T. Borsdorff J. Aan de Brugh H. Hu I. Aben O. Hasekamp J. Landgraf Measuring Carbon Monoxide With TROPOMI: First Results and a Comparison With ECMWF‐IFS Analysis Data Geophysical Research Letters TROPOMI carbon monoxide air pollution India CAMS SRON |
| title | Measuring Carbon Monoxide With TROPOMI: First Results and a Comparison With ECMWF‐IFS Analysis Data |
| title_full | Measuring Carbon Monoxide With TROPOMI: First Results and a Comparison With ECMWF‐IFS Analysis Data |
| title_fullStr | Measuring Carbon Monoxide With TROPOMI: First Results and a Comparison With ECMWF‐IFS Analysis Data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring Carbon Monoxide With TROPOMI: First Results and a Comparison With ECMWF‐IFS Analysis Data |
| title_short | Measuring Carbon Monoxide With TROPOMI: First Results and a Comparison With ECMWF‐IFS Analysis Data |
| title_sort | measuring carbon monoxide with tropomi first results and a comparison with ecmwf ifs analysis data |
| topic | TROPOMI carbon monoxide air pollution India CAMS SRON |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/2018GL077045 |
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