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- Title
Retrieval of total column and surface NO<sub>2</sub> from Pandora zenith-sky measurements.
- Authors
Xiaoyi Zhao; Griffin, Debora; Fioletov, Vitali; McLinden, Chris; Davies, Jonathan; Akira Ogyu; Sum Chi Lee; Lupu, Alexandru; Moran, Michael D.; Cede, Alexander; Tiefengraber, Martin; Müller, Moritz
- Abstract
Pandora spectrometers can retrieve nitrogen dioxide (NO2) vertical column densities (VCDs) via two viewing geometries: direct-sun and zenith-sky. The direct-sun NO2 VCD measurements have high quality (0.1 DU accuracy in clear-sky conditions) and do not rely on any radiative transfer model to calculate air mass factors (AMFs); however, they are not available when the sun is obscured by clouds. To perform NO2 measurements in cloudy conditions, a simple but robust NO2 retrieval algorithm is developed for Pandora zenith-sky measurements. This algorithm derives empirical zenith-sky NO2 AMFs from coincident high-quality direct-sun NO2 observations. Moreover, the retrieved Pandora zenith-sky NO2 VCD data are converted to surface NO2 concentrations with a scaling algorithm that uses chemical-transport-model predictions and satellite measurements as inputs. NO2 VCDs and surface concentrations are retrieved from Pandora zenith-sky measurements made in Toronto, Canada, from 2015 to 2017. The retrieved Pandora zenith-sky NO2 data (VCD and surface concentration) show good agreement with both satellite and in situ measurements. The diurnal and seasonal variations of derived Pandora zenith-sky surface NO2 data also agree well with in situ measurements (diurnal difference within ±2 ppbv). Overall, this work shows that the new Pandora zenith-sky NO2 products have the potential to be used in various applications such as future satellite validation in moderate cloudy scenes and air quality monitoring.
- Subjects
NITROGEN oxides &; the environment; CLOUDS; RADIATIVE transfer; ATMOSPHERIC radiation; CHEMICAL transportation
- Publication
Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics Discussions, 2019, p1
- ISSN
1680-7367
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/acp-2018-1336