2004 • In Proceedings of the Second Workshop on the Atmospheric Chemistry Validation of ENVISAT (ACVE-2), ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 3-7 May 2004 (ESA SP-562, August 2004) ESC01JL1
[en] Following the recommendations drawn after the Commissioning Phase of the ENVISAT satellite in 2002, SCIAMACHY near real time data processors were upgraded to version 5.01 in early 2004. Before public release of the new SCIAMACHY nitrogen dioxide (NO2) vertical column data product, several validation teams investigated its improvement and assessed its geophysical consistency by means of correlative studies involving NDSC-affiliated ground-based networks of DOAS UV-visible and FTIR spectrometers and the ERS-2 GOME satellite. In parallel, preliminary SCIAMACHY NO2 column data products generated by research processors under development at scientific institutes were also tested, using the same correlative data and validation procedures. Digesting the results obtained by a list of validation teams and SCIAMACHY data processing teams, this overview paper draws a preliminary quality assessment of the SCIAMACHY NO2 column data sets available in spring 2004.
Blumenstock, Thomas; Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany > Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung
Boersma, F.; Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, The Netherlands
Bracher, A.; University of Bremen, Germany > Institut für Umweltphysik/Fernerkundung
De Mazière, Martine; Institut d’Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique, Avenue Circulaire 3, B-1180 Brussels, Belgium
Demoulin, Philippe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Groupe infra-rouge de phys. atmosph. et solaire (GIRPAS)
De Smedt, I.; Institut d’Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique, Avenue Circulaire 3, B-1180 Brussels, Belgium
Eskes, H.; Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, The Netherlands
Gil, M.; Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Madrid, Spain
Goutail, F.; Service d’Aéronomie du CNRS, Verrières-le-Buisson, France
Geophysical Validation of SCIAMACHY NO2 Vertical Columns: Overview of Early 2004 Results
Publication date :
August 2004
Event name :
Second Workshop on the Atmospheric Chemistry Validation of ENVISAT (ACVE-2)
Event organizer :
ESA-ESRIN
Event place :
Frascati, Italy
Event date :
3-7 May 2004
Audience :
International
Main work title :
Proceedings of the Second Workshop on the Atmospheric Chemistry Validation of ENVISAT (ACVE-2), ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 3-7 May 2004 (ESA SP-562, August 2004) ESC01JL1
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