Evaluation of stratospheric NO 2 retrieved from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument: Intercomparison, diurnal cycle, and trending
International audience A 5+ year record of satellite measurements of nitrogen dioxide columns from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) is evaluated to establish the quality of the OMI retrievals and to test our understanding of stratospheric NO 2 . The use of assimilation techniques to retrieve st...
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Middle atmosphere Atmospheric Composition Atmospheric Structure stratosphere NO 2 remote sensing Troposphere [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] Dirksen, Ruud J. Boersma, K. Folkert Eskes, Henk J. Ionov, Dmitry V. Bucsela, Eric J. Levelt, Pieternel F. Kelder, Hennie M. Evaluation of stratospheric NO 2 retrieved from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument: Intercomparison, diurnal cycle, and trending |
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International audience A 5+ year record of satellite measurements of nitrogen dioxide columns from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) is evaluated to establish the quality of the OMI retrievals and to test our understanding of stratospheric NO 2 . The use of assimilation techniques to retrieve stratospheric vertical columns of NO 2 from OMI slant column observations is described in detail. Over remote areas the forecast model state is generally within 0.15 × 10 15 molecules/cm 2 of the analysis. Dutch OMI NO 2 (DOMINO) and Standard Product (SP) stratospheric NO 2 columns agree within 0.3 × 10 15 molecules/cm 2 (13%) with independent, ground-based measurements. This is comparable to the level of consistency (15-20%) among ground-based techniques. On average, DOMINO stratospheric NO 2 is higher than SP by 0.2 × 10 15 molecules/cm 2 , but larger differences occur on the synoptic scale. Overlapping OMI orbits poleward of 30° enabled us to extract information on the diurnal variation in stratospheric NO 2 . We find that in the Arctic, the daytime increase of NO 2 has a distinct seasonal dependence that peaks in spring and fall. Daytime increase rates inside the denoxified Arctic polar vortex are low, but we find high rates (>0.4 × 10 15 molecules/cm 2 /h) outside the vortex. A multilinear regression to the DOMINO record shows a distinct quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) signal in stratospheric NO 2 columns over the tropics. The QBO's amplitude is comparable to the annual cycle and stronger over the Southern Hemisphere than over the Northern Hemisphere. We infer near-identical trends from DOMINO observations (+0.4%/decade) as from ground-based instrumentation over Lauder (+0.6%/decade) in the 2004-2010 period. |
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Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) Institut für Weltraumwissenschaften Berlin Freie Universität Berlin Department of Applied Physics Eindhoven Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven (TU/e) STRATO - LATMOS Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) SRI International |
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Evaluation of stratospheric NO 2 retrieved from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument: Intercomparison, diurnal cycle, and trending |
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Evaluation of stratospheric NO 2 retrieved from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument: Intercomparison, diurnal cycle, and trending |
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Evaluation of stratospheric NO 2 retrieved from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument: Intercomparison, diurnal cycle, and trending |
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Evaluation of stratospheric NO 2 retrieved from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument: Intercomparison, diurnal cycle, and trending |
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Evaluation of stratospheric NO 2 retrieved from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument: Intercomparison, diurnal cycle, and trending |
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ftsorbonneuniv:oai:HAL:hal-04115811v1 2023-06-18T03:39:23+02:00 Evaluation of stratospheric NO 2 retrieved from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument: Intercomparison, diurnal cycle, and trending Dirksen, Ruud J. Boersma, K. Folkert Eskes, Henk J. Ionov, Dmitry V. Bucsela, Eric J. Levelt, Pieternel F. Kelder, Hennie M. Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) Institut für Weltraumwissenschaften Berlin Freie Universität Berlin Department of Applied Physics Eindhoven Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven (TU/e) STRATO - LATMOS Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) SRI International 2011 https://hal.science/hal-04115811 https://hal.science/hal-04115811/document https://hal.science/hal-04115811/file/Journal%20of%20Geophysical%20Research%20Atmospheres%20-%202011%20-%20Dirksen%20-%20Evaluation%20of%20stratospheric%20NO2%20retrieved%20from%20the%20Ozone.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JD014943 en eng HAL CCSD American Geophysical Union info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1029/2010JD014943 hal-04115811 https://hal.science/hal-04115811 https://hal.science/hal-04115811/document https://hal.science/hal-04115811/file/Journal%20of%20Geophysical%20Research%20Atmospheres%20-%202011%20-%20Dirksen%20-%20Evaluation%20of%20stratospheric%20NO2%20retrieved%20from%20the%20Ozone.pdf BIBCODE: 2011JGRD.116.8305D doi:10.1029/2010JD014943 http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/licences/copyright/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 2169-897X EISSN: 2169-8996 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres https://hal.science/hal-04115811 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2011, 116 (D8), ⟨10.1029/2010JD014943⟩ Middle atmosphere Atmospheric Composition Atmospheric Structure stratosphere NO 2 remote sensing Troposphere [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2011 ftsorbonneuniv https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JD014943 2023-06-06T22:46:10Z International audience A 5+ year record of satellite measurements of nitrogen dioxide columns from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) is evaluated to establish the quality of the OMI retrievals and to test our understanding of stratospheric NO 2 . The use of assimilation techniques to retrieve stratospheric vertical columns of NO 2 from OMI slant column observations is described in detail. Over remote areas the forecast model state is generally within 0.15 × 10 15 molecules/cm 2 of the analysis. Dutch OMI NO 2 (DOMINO) and Standard Product (SP) stratospheric NO 2 columns agree within 0.3 × 10 15 molecules/cm 2 (13%) with independent, ground-based measurements. This is comparable to the level of consistency (15-20%) among ground-based techniques. On average, DOMINO stratospheric NO 2 is higher than SP by 0.2 × 10 15 molecules/cm 2 , but larger differences occur on the synoptic scale. Overlapping OMI orbits poleward of 30° enabled us to extract information on the diurnal variation in stratospheric NO 2 . We find that in the Arctic, the daytime increase of NO 2 has a distinct seasonal dependence that peaks in spring and fall. Daytime increase rates inside the denoxified Arctic polar vortex are low, but we find high rates (>0.4 × 10 15 molecules/cm 2 /h) outside the vortex. A multilinear regression to the DOMINO record shows a distinct quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) signal in stratospheric NO 2 columns over the tropics. The QBO's amplitude is comparable to the annual cycle and stronger over the Southern Hemisphere than over the Northern Hemisphere. We infer near-identical trends from DOMINO observations (+0.4%/decade) as from ground-based instrumentation over Lauder (+0.6%/decade) in the 2004-2010 period. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic HAL Sorbonne Université Arctic Journal of Geophysical Research 116 D8 |