Calibration of the total carbon column observing network using aircraft profile data

D. Wunch; G. C. Toon; P. O. Wennberg; S. C. Wofsy; B. B. Stephens; M. L. Fischer; O. Uchino; J. B. Abshire; P. Bernath; S. C. Biraud; J. F.L. Blavier; C. Boone; K. P. Bowman; E. V. Browell; T. Campos; B. J. Connor; B. C. Daube; N. M. Deutscher; M. Diao; J. W. Elkins; C. Gerbig; E. Gottlieb; D. W.T. Griffith; D. F. Hurst; R. Jiménez; G. Keppel-Aleks; E. A. Kort; R. MacAtangay; T. MacHida; H. Matsueda; F. Moore; I. Morino; S. Park; J. Robinson; C. M. Roehl; Y. Sawa; V. Sherlock; C. Sweeney; T. Tanaka; M. A. Zondlo

doi:10.5194/amt-3-1351-2010

Calibration of the total carbon column observing network using aircraft profile data

D. Wunch
, G. C. Toon
, P. O. Wennberg
, S. C. Wofsy
, B. B. Stephens
, M. L. Fischer
, O. Uchino
, J. B. Abshire
, P. Bernath
, S. C. Biraud
, J. F.L. Blavier
, C. Boone
, K. P. Bowman
, E. V. Browell
, T. Campos
, B. J. Connor
, B. C. Daube
, N. M. Deutscher
, M. Diao
, J. W. Elkins

C. Gerbig, E. Gottlieb, D. W.T. Griffith, D. F. Hurst, R. Jiménez, G. Keppel-Aleks, E. A. Kort, R. MacAtangay, T. MacHida, H. Matsueda, F. Moore, I. Morino, S. Park, J. Robinson, C. M. Roehl, Y. Sawa, V. Sherlock, C. Sweeney, T. Tanaka, M. A. Zondlo

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California Institute of Technology
Harvard University
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
National Institute for Environmental Studies of Japan
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
University of Waterloo
University of York
Texas A&M University
NASA Langley Research Center
BC Consulting
University of Wollongong
Princeton University
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
University of Colorado Boulder
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Japan Meteorological Agency
NIWA

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Abstract

The Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON) produces precise measurements of the column average dry-air mole fractions of CO2, CO, CH4, N2O and H2O at a variety of sites worldwide. These observations rely on spectroscopic parameters that are not known with sufficient accuracy to compute total columns that can be used in combination with in situ measurements. The TCCON must therefore be calibrated to World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in situ trace gas measurement scales. We present a calibration of TCCON data using WMO-scale instrumentation aboard aircraft that measured profiles over four TCCON stations during 2008 and 2009. These calibrations are compared with similar observations made in 2004 and 2006. The results indicate that a single, global calibration factor for each gas accurately captures the TCCON total column data within error.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1351-1362
Number of pages	12
Journal	Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Volume	3
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-3-1351-2010
State	Published - Oct 6 2010

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Wunch, D., Toon, G. C., Wennberg, P. O., Wofsy, S. C., Stephens, B. B., Fischer, M. L., Uchino, O., Abshire, J. B., Bernath, P., Biraud, S. C., Blavier, J. F. L., Boone, C., Bowman, K. P., Browell, E. V., Campos, T., Connor, B. J., Daube, B. C., Deutscher, N. M., Diao, M., ... Zondlo, M. A. (2010). Calibration of the total carbon column observing network using aircraft profile data. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 3(5), 1351-1362. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-3-1351-2010

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